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Section 1 - Definitions - Section 1. The following words used in this chapter shall...
Section 1a - Registration of Motor Vehicles; Liability Insurance, Failure to Maintain; Revocation of Certificate of Registration; Exemptions; School Buses - Section 1A. No motor vehicle or trailer, except one owned...
Section 1b - Motorized Bicycles; Operation Regulations - Section 1B. A motorized bicycle shall not be operated upon...
Section 1c - Motorized Bicycles and Scooters; Compliance With Federal Standards - Section 1C. Motorized bicycles and motorized scooters shall comply with...
Section 1d - Motorized Bicycles; Sales; Number Sticker or Plate - Section 1D. Any person who is engaged in the business...
Section 1e - Motorized Scooters; Operation Regulations - Section 1E. A motorized scooter shall not be operated on...
Section 1f - Low-Speed Motor Vehicles; Express State Highway and Public Way Restrictions; Additional Municipality Restrictions - Section 1F. Every person lawfully operating a low-speed motor vehicle...
Section 1g - Notice of Disclosure Required Upon Sale, Lease or Rental of Low-Speed Motor Vehicles - Section 1G. Every licensed motor vehicle dealer and every person...
Section 1h - Registration of Motor Vehicles Designed for Operation on Public Ways but Not Capable of Exceeding 40 Miles per Hour - Section 1H. In addition to the types of vehicles that...
Section 1i - 3–wheeled Motor Vehicle Registered as Motorcycle; Qualification - Section 1I. Notwithstanding the definition of ''Motorcycle'' in section 1,...
Section 2 - Registration of Motor Vehicles and Trailers; Applications; Reciprocal State Agreements; Transfer of Ownership; Plates; Fraud or Misrepresentation; Penalties; License Plate Retention Program for Deployed Residents - Section 2. Applications for the registration or renewal of registration...
Section 2a - Minors, Application for Registration of Motor Vehicle or Trailer - Section 2A. An application for the registration of a motor...
Section 2b - Removal of Registration Upon Transfer of Ownership - Section 2B. The owner of a motor vehicle who transfers...
Section 2d - Temporary Registration Plates - Section 2D. The registrar is hereby authorized and empowered to...
Section 2e - Distinctive Registration Plates; Environmental Trust Fund; Child Care Quality Fund; 9/11 Victims and Military Heroes Funds; Boston Marathon Tragedy Funds - Section 2E. (a) The registrar shall furnish, upon application, to...
Section 2f - Distinctive Registration Plates; Submission of Applications; Eligible Organizations - Section 2F. (a) The registrar shall design, issue and regulate...
Section 2g - Passenger Plates for Low-Speed Motor Vehicles; Fee - Section 2G. The registrar of motor vehicles shall issue passenger...
Section 2h - Certificates of Registration and Number Plates for Street Rods, Replica and Other Custom Vehicles; Determination of Title Year and Make, Model and Model Year - Section 2H. (a) For purposes of this section, section 2I...
Section 2i - Registration Prerequisites for Certain Custom Vehicles; Salvage Inspection; State-Assigned Vin; Safety Belts; Air Bags - Section 2I. (a) The registrar, prior to the initial registration...
Section 3 - Operation of Motor Vehicles Owned by Non-Residents; Liability Insurance; Vehicles Used in Connection With Place of Business; Suspension or Revocation of Right to Operate Vehicle; Registration - Section 3. Subject to the provisions of section three A...
Section 31/2 - Commonwealth Residency Factors; Access to Information in Nonpublic Records; Certification of Facts; Motor Vehicle Registration Misrepresentations; Penalties and Fines - Section 31/2. (a) Any person claiming to be a nonresident...
Section 3a - Appointment of Registrar as Attorney as Result of Acceptance of Rights and Privileges of Sec. 3 by Non-Resident - Section 3A. The acceptance by a person who is a...
Section 3b - Appointment of Registrar as Attorney as Result of Operation of Motor Vehicle by Any Person - Section 3B. The operation by any person, by himself or...
Section 3c - Service of Process; Notice of Service; Continuance - Section 3C. Service of process under section three A or...
Section 3d - Appointment of Registrar as Result of Application for Registration or License to Operate Motor Vehicle; Service of Process on Registrar - Section 3D. Application for registration of a motor vehicle or...
Section 3e - Fee Paid to Registrar; Records of Registrar - Section 3E. The fee paid by the plaintiff under section...
Section 3f - Separability of Secs. 3a to 3e; Effect of Unconstitutionality - Section 3F. The provisions of sections three A to three...
Section 3g - Security From Nonresidents for Damage Caused by Operation of Motor Vehicles; Procedure; Contents of Motion - Section 3G. In a civil action against a non-resident for...
Section 5 - General Registrations; General Registration Number Plates; Eligibility - Section 5. (a) The registrar may issue general registrations and...
Section 5a - Application for General Distinguishing Mark for Motor Vehicles Under Control of Military Forces of Commonwealth - Section 5A. The adjutant general, in behalf of the military...
Section 5b - Persons in Military Service; Vehicles Purchased in Another State; Registration - Section 5B. Subject to the provisions of section three B...
Section 6 - Display of Number Plates; Temporary Number Plates - Section 6. Every motor vehicle or trailer registered under this...
Section 6a - Number Plates for Antique Motor Cars - Section 6A. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, number or...
Section 6b - One Number Plate; Display - Section 6B. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, the registrar...
Section 6c - Return of Number Plates by Repossessor; Penalty - Section 6C. Any person who takes possession of a motor...
Section 7 - Brakes, Braking Systems, Mufflers, Horns, Lights, Audible Warning Systems, and Other Equipment; Compliance With Safety Standards; Stickers and Emblems - Section 7. Every motor vehicle operated in or upon any...
Section 7a - Rules and Regulations for Periodic Inspections of Motor Vehicles; School Buses; Fees - Section 7A. The registrar shall establish rules and regulations providing...
Section 7b - Equipment and Operation of School Buses - Section 7B. No person shall operate any school bus, and...
Section 7c - Minimum Standards for Construction and Equipment of School Buses - Section 7C. The registrar, after a public hearing, may make,...
Section 7d - Application of Sec. 7b; Additional Equipment - Section 7D. The requirements of clauses (1), (2), (3), (5),...
Section 7d1/2 - Transportation of Vocational School Students; Motor Vehicle Requirements; Seat Belts - Section 7D1/2. The requirements of clauses (1), (3), (5), (8),...
Section 7e - Display of Red or Blue Lights on Vehicles; Permits; Revocation; Violations - [ First paragraph effective until December 13, 2021. For text...
Section 7g - Used Brake Drums; Servicing, Sale or Grinding; Prohibition - Section 7G. No person shall service, install, give away, or...
Section 7h - Brake Linings; Minimum Safety Standards - Section 7H. No person shall sell, offer for sale, distribute...
Section 7i - Emergency Disaster Service Vehicles of Charitable Corporations; Identification and Equipment - Section 7I. Special purpose motor vehicles and trailers, the property...
Section 7j - Handlebars on Motorcycles; Rules and Regulations; Penalty - Section 7J. The registrar, after a hearing, may make, amend...
Section 7k - Tires; Minimum Safety Standards; Penalty - Section 7K. No person shall sell, offer or expose for...
Section 7l - Standing in School Buses; Penalty - Section 7L. Notwithstanding the provisions of clause (2) of section...
Section 7m - Retread or Recapped Tires; Sale; Marking Quality - Section 7M. No person shall sell, offer or expose for...
Section 7n - Voiding Contracts of Sale - Section 7N. Notwithstanding any disclaimer of warranty, a motor vehicle...
Section 7n1/4 - Express Warranty by Dealer of Used Motor Vehicle; Issuance; Consumer's Rights and Remedies - Section 7N1/4. (1) For the purposes of this section the...
Section 7n1/2 - Defective or Malfunctioning New Motor Vehicles; Sale and Repair or Replacement - Section 7N1/2. (1) For purposes of this section the following...
Section 7o - Motor Vehicle Pollutant Control Devices; Removal - Section 7O. No person shall remove or render inoperative, except...
Section 7p - Height of Motor Vehicles; Alteration Restricted - Section 7P. No person shall alter, modify or change the...
Section 7q - Tire Tread Depth Regulations; Compliance; Operation of Vehicle Prohibited - Section 7Q. No person, knowing that any tire of a...
Section 7r - Vehicle Identification Number; Display in Certain Motor Vehicles - Section 7R. All motor vehicles, and all trailer and semi-trailers...
Section 7r1/2 - Dealers Insignias, Logos or Plates; Placement on Motor Vehicles; Consent - Section 7R1/2. No seller, or an agent or employee of...
Section 7s - Motorcycle Sound Emissions; Definitions - Section 7S. The following words used in this section twenty-four...
Section 7t - Motorcycle Sound Levels; Testing Regulations - Section 7T. The registrar shall adopt regulations establishing test procedures...
Section 7u - Motorcycles; Maximum Sound Levels - Section 7U. No person shall operate a motorcycle intended for...
Section 7v - Certificates of Inspection; Rules and Regulations - Section 7V. The registrar shall establish rules and regulations for...
Section 7w - Licensing of Safety and Emissions Inspection Facilities and Technicians; Rules and Regulations; Penalties; Computerized Communication System - Section 7W. No person or facility shall conduct inspections of...
Section 7x - Designation of Referee Stations - Section 7X. The registrar and the commissioner shall designate specific...
Section 7y - Certification and Training of Inspectors; Rules and Regulations - Section 7Y. The inspection of motor vehicles for emissions under...
Section 7z - Entry on Premises of Inspection Stations; Examination of Records - Section 7Z. The registrar, the commissioner, or their designees, may...
Section 7aa - Child Passenger Restraints; Fine; Violation as Evidence in Civil Action - Section 7AA. A passenger in a motor vehicle on any...
Section 7cc - Transporting of Special Needs Children - Section 7CC. Every person or company contracting to transport by...
Section 8 - Operator's Licenses; Applications; Examinations - Section 8. Application for a license to operate motor vehicles...
Section 8a - Operators of School Buses; Licensing; Training; Instructors - Section 8A. Application for a license to be a school...
Section 8a1/2 - Operators of School Buses Under Sec. 7d; Licensing; Exceptions - Section 8A1/2. Every operator transporting school pupils under the provisions...
Section 8b - Learner's Permits - [First paragraph effective until July 1, 2023. For text effective...
Section 8c - Medical Advisory Board; Standards of Fitness for Applicants for Learner's Permits or Licenses - Section 8C. There is hereby created in the registry a...
Section 8d - Donor Registry and Anatomical Gift Act; Information to Be Included With Notice of License and Registration Renewal; Symbol on License; Charitable Donations; Liability of Government Employees; Transmission of Information to Organ Procurem... - Section 8D. The registrar shall include in every notice of...
Section 8e - Identification Cards for Persons Not Possessing Motor Vehicle Licenses; Application; Real Id–compliance; Fee; Organ Donor Status; Provision of Donor Information to Eye and Tissue Banks; Expiration - Section 8E. A person 14 years of age or older...
Section 8g - Identification Cards for Persons Not Possessing Motor Vehicle Licenses; Lost, Destroyed or Mutilated Cards; Change of Name; Duplicate Cards - Section 8G. In the event an identification card issued pursuant...
Section 8h - Identification Cards for Persons Not Possessing Motor Vehicle Licenses; Fictitious, Fraudulent, or Altered Cards; Possession - Section 8H. No person shall: (a) display, cause or permit...
Section 8i - Identification Cards for Persons Not Possessing Motor Vehicle Licenses; Description - Section 8I. The identification card shall resemble in appearance, so...
Section 8j - Identification Cards for Persons Not Possessing Motor Vehicle Licenses; Change of Address - Section 8J. Whenever a person after applying for and receiving...
Section 8k - Identification Cards for Persons Not Possessing Motor Vehicle Licenses; Cancellation - Section 8K. When used in reference to an identification card...
Section 8l - Voter Registration Agency - Section 8L. The registry of motor vehicles shall act as...
Section 8m - Use of Mobile Telephone, Hands-Free Mobile Telephone or Mobile Electronic Device by Person Under 18 Years of Age While Operating Motor Vehicle Prohibited; Penalties;affirmative Defenses - Section 8M. No person under 18 years of age shall...
Section 9 - Operation of Unregistered or Improperly Equipped Motor Vehicles, Tractors, Trailers, Etc. - Section 9. No person shall operate, push, draw or tow...
Section 9a - Safety Glass; Windshields, Windows - Section 9A. No person shall operate any motor vehicle, and...
Section 9b - Registration of Vehicles; Display of Number Plates; Application of Law - Section 9B. The provisions of this chapter relative to the...
Section 9c - Repair of Tires on Trucks, Etc. - Section 9C. Any person or business servicing multi-piece bus, trailer,...
Section 9d - Windshields and Windows Obscured by Nontransparent Materials - Section 9D. No person shall operate any motor vehicle upon...
Section 10 - Operation of Motor Vehicle Without License; Members of Armed Forces; Nonresidents; Suspension or Revocation of License - Section 10. No person under sixteen years of age shall...
Section 11 - Carrying Certificate of Registration and License; Presentation After Accident Upon Request - Section 11. Every person operating a motor vehicle shall have...
Section 12 - Employing Unlicensed Motor Vehicle Operator; Permitting Person With Suspended or Revoked License to Operate Motor Vehicle; Permitting Person With Ignition Interlock Devise License Restriction to Operate Motor Vehicle Without Devise; Pena... - Section 12. (a) Whoever knowingly employs for hire as a...
Section 12a - Use of Mobile Telephone, Hands-Free Mobile Telephone or Other Mobile Electronic Device by Operator of Vehicle or Vessel Used in Public Transportation Prohibited; Penalties; Affirmative Defenses - Section 12A. (a) No operator of a vehicle or vessel...
Section 13 - Safety Precautions for Proper Operation and Parking of Vehicles and Buses - Section 13. No person, when operating a motor vehicle, shall...
Section 13a - Seat Belt Use Required; Exemptions; Penalty - Section 13A. No person shall operate a private passenger motor...
Section 13b - Composing, Sending or Reading of Electronic Messages While Operating a Motor Vehicle Prohibited; Emergencies; Penalties - [Text of section applicable as provided by 2019, 122, Sec....
Section 13c - Amphibious Sight-Seeing Vehicles; Operation on Public Ways; Penalties - Section 13C. (a) As used in this section, the term...
Section 14 - Precautions for Safety of Other Travelers - Section 14. Every person operating a motor vehicle shall bring...
Section 14a - Protection of Blind Pedestrians Crossing or Attempting to Cross Ways - Section 14A. Whenever a totally or partially blind pedestrian, guided...
Section 14b - Uniform Stopping and Turning Signals on Ways - Section 14B. Every person operating a motor vehicle, before stopping...
Section 15 - Precautions at Railroad Crossings - Section 15. Except as hereinafter otherwise provided, every person operating...
Section 16 - Offensive or Illegal Operation of Motor Vehicles - Section 16. No person shall operate a motor vehicle, nor...
Section 16a - Stopped Motor Vehicles; Operation of Engine; Time Limit; Penalty - Section 16A. No person shall cause, suffer, allow or permit...
Section 16b - Idling of a Motor Vehicle Engine on School Property; Penalties; Adoption of Regulations - Section 16B. (a) For the purposes of this section, the...
Section 17 - Speed Limits - Section 17. No person operating a motor vehicle on any...
Section 17a - Speed Limit; Massachusetts Turnpike - Section 17A. Unless otherwise prohibited by federal law, the maximum...
Section 17b - Drag Racing; Penalties - Section 17B. No person shall operate a motor vehicle, nor...
Section 17c - Establishment of 25-Miles-per-Hour Speed Limit in Thickly Settled or Business District in City or Town; Violation - Section 17C. (a) Notwithstanding section 17 or any other general...
Section 17d - Speed Limits in Active Construction Zones - Section 17D. (a) For purposes of this section, ''active construction...
Section 18 - Special Regulations, Speed and Use of Vehicles - Section 18. The city council, the transportation commission of the...
Section 18a - Pedestrians, Use of Ways; Rules and Regulations; Violations; Notice - Section 18A. The department on ways within their control and...
Section 18b - Establishment of Designated Safety Zones for Ways in City or Town; Violation - Section 18B. (a) Notwithstanding section 18 or any other general...
Section 19 - Dimensions and Weights of Motor Vehicles, Trucks and Trailers - Section 19. Except as otherwise provided in sections nineteen F...
Section 19a - Weight Limitations for Certain Motor Vehicles, Semi-Trailers, etc.; Scales; Penalties for Violations - Section 19A. Any provisions of sections thirty and thirty A...
Section 19d - Permit Stickers; Issuance; Application; Certificate of Gross Vehicle Weight Rating; Violations; Penalties - Section 19D. Except for special permits for the carrying of...
Section 19e - Operation of Motor Vehicles and Certain Trailers and Semi-Trailers on Interstate and Defense Highways - Section 19E. Any provision of this chapter or of chapter...
Section 19f - Vehicles Authorized to Operate on National Network - Section 19F. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the...
Section 19g - Vehicles Authorized to Operate on Routes of Reasonable Access; Safety Evaluations - Section 19G. A motor vehicle authorized to operate on the...
Section 19i - Maximum Width and Weight Limitations and Minimum Speed Limits; Exception for Certain Construction Vehicles - Section 19I. Notwithstanding any provisions of this chapter or any...
Section 19j - Maximum Vehicle Widths, Axle Weights and Minimum Speed Limits; Exception for Certain Snow Clearing Duties - Section 19J. Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter or any...
Section 19k - Hitching Mechanism - Section 19K. For the purposes of this section, the term...
Section 19l - Regulations to Ensure Compliance of Interstate and Intrastate Motor Carriers With Federal and State Laws; Inspection of Records; Penalties - Section 19L. (a) The registrar shall adopt regulations to ensure...
Section 20 - Penalties and Punishments - Section 20. A person convicted of a violation of any...
Section 20a - Parking Regulations; Violations; Notice to Appear; Failure to Appear; Adjudication by Mail - Section 20A. In any city or town accepting the provisions...
Section 20a1/2 - Cities of Boston and Cambridge; Parking Violations; Tags; Appearance; Failure to Appear; Adjudication by Mail - Section 20A1/2. In the cities of Boston and Cambridge and...
Section 20c - Nature of Proceedings Under Secs. 20a and 20a1/2; Fines - Section 20C. Proceedings under sections twenty A or twenty A1/2...
Section 20d - Tampering or Destruction of Parking Tags; Penalty - Section 20D. Whoever unlawfully tampers with or removes from a...
Section 20e - Liability of Lessors of Motor Vehicles for Parking Violations - Section 20E. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections twenty A, twenty...
Section 20g - Failure to Appear in Accordance With Notice Issued Pursuant to Department of Transportation Regulation; Failure to Pay Violation; Motor Vehicle License Renewals; Registration of Motor Vehicles - Section 20G. If a person fails to appear in accordance...
Section 20h - Failure to Pay Required Toll; Tobin Bridge; Motor Vehicle License Renewals; Registration of Motor Vehicles - Section 20H. If a person fails to appear in accordance...
Section 21 - Arrest Without Warrant - Section 21. Any officer authorized to make arrests may arrest...
Section 22 - Suspension or Revocation of Certificate of Registration or License; Notice - Section 22. (a) The registrar may suspend or revoke without...
Section 221/2 - Suspension of Right to Operate Based Upon Violation of Sec. 32e of Chapter 94c - Section 221/2. The registrar shall suspend, without a hearing, the...
Section 22a - Suspension of Operator's License or Registration Certificates, Unsatisfied Judgment; Reinstatement of License - Section 22A. The registrar, after hearing, shall suspend any license...
Section 22b - Abandonment of Motor Vehicles; Penalties; Non-Criminal Proceedings - Section 22B. (a) Whoever abandons a motor vehicle registered or...
Section 22c - Abandoned Motor Vehicles; Removal and Disposal - Section 22C. If the superintendent of streets or other officer...
Section 22d - Suspension of License for Automobile Law Violation; Reinstatement - Section 22D. Notwithstanding the provisions of section twenty-two, if the...
Section 22e - Abandoned Vehicles; Removal of Parts; Penalty - Section 22E. Whoever takes any part or accessory from an...
Section 22f - Habitual Traffic Offender; Revocation of License; Reinstatement - Section 22F. A person shall be deemed an habitual traffic...
Section 22g - Littering; Suspension of License - Section 22G. The registrar may, after due hearing, suspend for...
Section 22h - Safe Transportation of Animals - Section 22H. No person shall transport an animal in the...
Section 22i - Suspension of License Upon Report of Health Care Provider or Law Enforcement Officer of Operator's Cognitive or Functional Impairment or Incapability to Operate Motor Vehicle Safely; Contents of Report; Immunity From Liability; Review b... - Section 22I. (a) For the purposes of this section, ''health...
Section 23 - Operation of Motor Vehicle After Suspension or Revocation of License; Concealment of Identity of Motor Vehicle - Section 23. Any person convicted of operating a motor vehicle...
Section 24 - Driving While Under Influence of Intoxicating Liquor, etc.; Second and Subsequent Offenses; Punishment; Treatment Programs; Reckless and Unauthorized Driving; Failure to Stop After Collision - Section 24. (1) (a) (1) Whoever, upon any way or...
Section 241/2 - Ignition Interlock Device License Restriction; Revocation of License for Failure to Install or Maintain Device; Revocation of License for Attempt to Operate Motor Vehicle With Elevated Blood Alcohol Level - Section 241/2. No person whose license has been suspended in...
Section 24a - Use of Motor Vehicles in Commission of Felony, Larceny or Other Crimes - Section 24A. If a motor vehicle is used in connection...
Section 24b - Stealing, Forging or Other Falsification of Learner's Permit, Operator's License, Disability Placard Certificate of Registration or Inspection Sticker; Use or Possession; Penalties; Suspension and Reinstatement of License or Right to Op... - Section 24B. Whoever falsely makes, steals, alters, forges or counterfeits...
Section 24d - Probation of Persons Convicted of Driving Under the Influence; Driver Alcohol Education Program; Alcohol Treatment and Rehabilitation Programs; Fees; Indigents; Gifts and Grants; Report - Section 24D. Any person convicted of or charged with operating...
Section 24e - Dismissal of Charges Upon Compliance With Terms of Probation; Records; Reports - Section 24E. The provisions of this section shall apply to...
Section 24f - Civil Liability to Owner for Unauthorized Use of Motor Vehicle - Section 24F. Persons convicted of using a motor vehicle without...
Section 24g - Homicide by Motor Vehicle; Punishment - Section 24G. (a) Whoever, upon any way or in any...
Section 24h - Removal of Abandoned or Stolen Vehicles From Public Places; Towing Vehicles; Machines That Crush, Mutilate or Destroy Vehicles; Salvage or Junk Yard Owners or Agents - Section 24H. No person shall remove an abandoned or stolen...
Section 24i - Possession of Alcoholic Beverages in Motor Vehicles - Section 24I. (a) As used in this section, the following...
Section 24j - Inquiry of Defendant Convicted of Driving Under Influence of Intoxicating Liquors as to Establishment Serving Alcohol - Section 24J. In every case of a conviction of or...
Section 24k - Chemical Breath Analysis; Validity; Testing Procedures; Report Forms - Section 24K. Chemical analysis of the breath of a person...
Section 24l - Serious Bodily Injury by Motor Vehicle While Under Influence of Intoxicating Substance; Penalties - Section 24L. (1) Whoever, upon any way or in any...
Section 24m - Training for Law Enforcement Personnel Regarding Alcohol-Related Offenses; Alcohol Sensitive Selective Traffic Enforcement Program - Section 24M. The officials and agencies designated in this section...
Section 24n - Suspension of Operator's License Upon Issuance of Complaint; Hearing - Section 24N. Upon the issuance of a complaint alleging a...
Section 24o - Statement to Defendant Regarding Further Violations - Section 24O. Upon conviction of any violation of the provisions...
Section 24p - Minors; Further Violations; Education and Treatment Programs - Section 24P. (a) Upon evidence that a person under the...
Section 24q - Alcohol or Drug Assessment as Condition for Certain Sentences Imposed Under Chapter - Section 24Q. A mandatory condition of any sentence imposed for:...
Section 24r - Revocation for Life of License or Right to Operate - Section 24R. (a) Notwithstanding section 24 or section 24D, the...
Section 24s - Operation of Motor Vehicle on Public Way in Violation of Ignition Interlock Device License Restriction; Penalties - Section 24S. (a) Whoever, upon any way or place to...
Section 24t - Tampering With Ignition Interlock Device; Penalties - Section 24T. (a) Whoever interferes with or tampers with a...
Section 24u - Starting Motor Vehicle Equipped With Ignition Interlock Device for Another Person Under a Restricted License - Section 24U. (a)(1) Whoever knowingly breathes into a certified ignition...
Section 24v - Child Endangerment While Operating a Motor Vehicle or Vessel Under the Influence; Penalties; Suspension of License - Section 24V. (a) Whoever violates paragraph (a) of subdivision (1)...
Section 24w - Forfeiture of Motor Vehicle Owned by Certain Drunk Driving Offenders; Procedure; Operating Under the Influence Deterrent Trust Fund - Section 24W. (a) A motor vehicle or vessel owned by...
Section 24x - Cancellation of Registration for Motor Vehicles Owned by Certain Drunk Driving Offenders - Section 24X. The registration of a motor vehicle owned by...
Section 25 - Refusal to Submit to Police Officer - Section 25. Any person who, while operating or in charge...
Section 26 - Accident Reports; Supplemental Report; Penalty for Violation - Section 26. Every person operating a motor vehicle which is...
Section 26a - Licenses and Learner's Permits; Reporting Changes of Name and Address - Section 26A. (a) A person in whose name a motor...
Section 27 - Court Records; Motor Vehicle Violations - Section 27. The clerk-magistrate of each court shall keep a...
Section 28 - Appeals and Hearings - Section 28. Any person aggrieved by a ruling or decision...
Section 29 - Deputy Registrar, Chief Deputy Registrar, etc.; Appointment; Duties; Investigation of Motor Vehicle Accidents; Suspension or Revocation of Licenses - Section 29. The registrar shall appoint, and for cause, remove,...
Section 30 - Records of Registrar; Certified Copies; Destruction - Section 30. A proper record of all applications, certificates, licenses...
Section 30a - Computer Terminals Under Control of Registrar; Restricted Use - Section 30A. The registrar shall not allow direct or indirect...
Section 30a1/2 - Agreements With Third Party Entities by Registrar - Section 30A1/2. Notwithstanding section 30A or any other general or...
Section 30b - Interstate Compact; Motor Vehicle Convictions - Section 30B. The secretary of public safety is hereby authorized...
Section 31 - Use and Operation of Motor Vehicles or Trailers; Conduct of Operators and Chauffeurs; Rules and Regulations - Section 31. The registrar may make rules and regulations governing...
Section 31a - Transportation by Motor Vehicle of Personal Property; Rules and Regulations - Section 31A. The department after a public hearing may make,...
Section 32 - Records; Manufacturers and Dealers of Motor Vehicles or Trailers; Garages and Open Air Parking Spaces - Section 32. Every manufacturer of and dealer in motor vehicles...
Section 32a - Restoration of Original Identifying Number of Motor Vehicle; Certificate - Section 32A. When the identifying number or numbers of a...
Section 32c - Leasing Motor Vehicles on Mileage Basis; Registration of Distance by Mechanical Devices; Deception by Lessor or Lessee; Leasing to Intoxicated or Unlicensed Persons; Redelivery - Section 32C. No person engaged in the business of leasing...
Section 32d - Leasing Motor Vehicles on Mileage Basis; Records - Section 32D. Every lessor shall keep or cause to be...
Section 32e - Leasing Motor Vehicles on Mileage Basis; Operation of Vehicles or Use of Trailers; Insurance Coverage - Section 32E. Each lessee shall enter, or cause to be...
Section 32e1/2 - Rental Agreements; Collision Damage Waivers; Notices; Exclusions; Penalties - Section 32E1/2. (A) As used in this section and section...
Section 32e3/4 - Rental Agreements; Separately Stated Surcharges, Fees or Charges; Vehicle License Cost Recovery Fee - Section 32E3/4. A rental company may include separately stated surcharges,...
Section 32e7/8 - Police Training Surcharge Upon Vehicular Rental Transaction Contracts - Section 32E7/8. (a) There shall be a police training surcharge...
Section 32f - Leasing Motor Vehicles on Mileage Basis; Fraud; Violations; Penalties - Section 32F. Whoever obtains custody of any motor vehicle or...
Section 32g - Instruction for Hire in Operation of Motor Vehicles; Driver School; Licensing; Application; Fees; Qualifications of Applicant; Suspension or Revocation of License or Instructor's Certificate; Procedures - Section 32G. No person, no authority established under chapter 161B...
Section 32g1/2 - Advanced Driver Training Program Certification - Section 32G1/2. The registrar shall promulgate rules and regulations relative...
Section 32h - Lessors of Motorcycles; Licensing - Section 32H. No person shall engage in the business of...
Section 32j - Vehicles in Fleet of Car-Sharing Organization; Display of Registration Plates - Section 32J. (a) As used in this section, ''car-sharing organization''...
Section 33 - Fees - Section 33. The registrar or his authorized agents shall collect...
Section 33a - Motor Vehicles; Certificates of Registration; Signatures - Section 33A. In case the registrar, deputy registrar or the...
Section 33b - Traffic Control Signs, Safety Devices and Improvements; Installation and Construction Costs; High-Accident Locations; Funding Limits - Section 33B. The state treasurer is hereby authorized to pay...
Section 34 - Disposition of Fees - Section 34. The fees received under the preceding sections, together...
Section 34a - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 34a to 34n - Section 34A. The following words, as used in sections thirty-four...
Section 34b - Certificates of Insurance or Surety Companies; Contents; Copies - Section 34B. The registrar shall accept a certificate as defined...
Section 34c - Single Motor Vehicle Liability Policy or Bond Covering Several Motor Vehicles - Section 34C. Any person applying for the registration of more...
Section 34d - Registration Application; Cash Deposit in Lieu of Liability Bond or Policy; Satisfaction of Judgment - Section 34D. The applicant for registration may, in lieu of...
Section 34e - Receipt for and Retention of Cash or Securities Deposited - Section 34E. The state treasurer shall give to the applicant...
Section 34f - Notice to Registrar Upon Service of Writ or Summons in Action Against Depositor - Section 34F. The registrant of a motor vehicle who deposits...
Section 34g - Actions Against Surety Company - Section 34G. If a judgment rendered against the principal on...
Section 34h - Revocation of Registration of Motor Vehicle Upon Notice of Cancellation of Motor Vehicle Liability Policy or Bond; Notice to Owner; New Certificate - Section 34H. In the event that the registrar receives notice...
Section 34i - Records and Books of Registrar - Section 34I. The registrar shall keep such records and books...
Section 34j - Operating Motor Vehicle Without Liability Policy, Bond or Security Deposit - Section 34J. Whoever operates or permits to be operated or...
Section 34k - Cancellation of Policies; Notice - Section 34K. No power of attorney in connection with the...
Section 34m - Personal Injury Protection - Section 34M. Every motor vehicle liability policy and every motor...
Section 34n - Assigned Claims Plan - Section 34N. Insurers authorized to provide personal injury protection in...
Section 34o - Property Damage Liability Insurance or Bonds - Section 34O. Every person having in force a motor vehicle...
Section 34p - Notice to Law Enforcement Officials; Failure to Provide or Maintain Liability Policy, Bond or Deposit; Seizure of Registration Plates - Section 34P. The registrar after receipt of a notice as...
Section 34q - Nonowner Operators, Hired Motor Vehicles; Insurance Coverage by Endorsements - Section 34Q. Notwithstanding any general or special law, regulation or...
Section 34r - Estimate of Cost of Exterior Repairs; Notice - Section 34R. (a) Whenever repairs are necessary to the visible...
Section 35 - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 35 to 52 - Section 35. The following words and phrases used in sections...
Section 35a - Structures Within Airport Approaches; Regulation of Location and Height - Section 35A. The safety, welfare and protection of persons and...
Section 35b - Structures Within Airport Approaches; Permits for Erection or Addition - Section 35B. No person shall erect or add to the...
Section 35c - Structures Within Airport Approaches; Application for Permit; Notice of Denial; Hearing - Section 35C. Application for such permit shall be made to...
Section 35d - Structures Within Airport Approaches; Maintenance, Repair or Replacement; Initial Approval - Section 35D. The provisions of section thirty-five B shall not...
Section 39 - Aeronautics Commission; Powers; Rules and Regulations - Section 39. The commission shall have general supervision and control...
Section 39a - Plan for Development of Airports and Air Navigation Facilities - Section 39A. The commission shall prepare and revise from time...
Section 39b - Certificate of Approval; Municipal Airport Site or Restricted Landing Area; Application; Hearing; Issuance - Section 39B. Each city or town before acquiring any property...
Section 39c - Reimbursement of Towns and Cities for Airport Construction; Federal Funds - Section 39C. The commission is hereby authorized to expend such...
Section 39e - Engineering or Technical Services of Commission to Cities and Towns - Section 39E. The commission, when it considers such assistance desirable...
Section 39f - Reimbursement of City or Town Constructing, Establishing or Enlarging Airport - Section 39F. Whenever any city or town undertakes, in conformity...
Section 39g - Applicability of Secs. 35 to 52 to Counties - Section 39G. The provisions of sections thirty-five to fifty-two, inclusive,...
Section 40 - Purposes of Aeronautics Commission; Discretionary Powers of Commission; Enforcement of Laws - Section 40. The Massachusetts aeronautics commission, in sections thirty-five to...
Section 40a - Airport Approach Regulations by Cities or Towns - Section 40A. Any city, except Boston, and any town, may...
Section 40b - Reasonableness of Airport Approach Regulations - Section 40B. All airport approach regulations adopted under this chapter...
Section 40c - Adoption, Amendment or Repeal of Airport Approach Regulations; Public Hearing - Section 40C. In a city airport approach regulations may be...
Section 40d - Erection, Replacement or Alteration of Structures or Trees; Variance - Section 40D. (1) A city or town may by ordinance...
Section 40e - Administrative Agency - Section 40E. Any city or town adopting airport approach regulations...
Section 40f - Removal of Structures Erected in Violation of Regulations; Trees; Procedure - Section 40F. If any structure is erected in violation of...
Section 40g - Protection of Airport Approaches; Removal of Structures and Trees; Compensation - Section 40G. (1) In any case in which, in the...
Section 40h - Appeal by Aggrieved Corporations - Section 40H. If any corporation subject to regulation by the...
Section 40i - Approval of Regulations by Commission - Section 40I. Airport approach regulations adopted under section forty A,...
Section 41 - Investigations or Hearings; Accidents - Section 41. The commission, or the director if so designated...
Section 42 - Equitable Jurisdiction of Superior Court - Section 42. The superior court shall have jurisdiction in equity...
Section 43 - Public Inspection of Copies of Orders, Rules and Regulations - Section 43. The commission shall keep on file for public...
Section 44 - Penalties - Section 44. Any person failing to comply with any requirement,...
Section 45 - Appeals - Section 45. Any person aggrieved by any rule or approach...
Section 46 - Altitude of Aircraft Flights - Section 46. Flight of aircraft over the lands and waters...
Section 47 - Federal Pilot's License, Permit or Certificate - Section 47. The public safety requiring, and the advantages of...
Section 48 - Aircraft License, Permit or Certificate - Section 48. The public safety requiring, and the advantages of...
Section 49 - Registration of Federal Certificates; Fees; Exceptions - Section 49. Each resident airman, and owner and operator, or...
Section 49a - Retention of Court Records of Cases Involving Violations of Secs. 35 to 52; Abstracts - Section 49A. A full record shall be kept by every...
Section 49b - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 49b to 49r - Section 49B. The following words, as used in sections forty-nine...
Section 49c - Administration and Enforcement of Secs. 49b to 49r; Hearings; Judicial Review - Section 49C. (a) The commission shall administer and enforce the...
Section 49d - Accident Reports; Security; Suspension of Aircraft Registration; Waiver - Section 49D. (a) Not later than thirty days after receipt...
Section 49e - Policy or Bond of Insurer or Surety Company - Section 49E. (a) A policy or bond provided under section...
Section 49f - Restoration or Renewal of Registration or Non-Resident's Operating Privilege - Section 49F. A registration or a non-resident's operating privilege suspended...
Section 49g - Certificate of Self-Insurance - Section 49G. (a) Any person may at any time apply...
Section 49h - Certificate of Registration or Non-Resident's Operating Privilege; Allowance; Suspension; Notice - Section 49H. (a) In case the operator or owner of...
Section 49i - Security; Form; Limits; Reduction or Increase - Section 49I. (a) The security required under section forty-nine D...
Section 49j - Delivery and Release of Security - Section 49J. Security deposited in compliance with the requirements of...
Section 49k - Commission; Availability of Information and Material - Section 49K. The commission shall, upon written request, make available...
Section 49l - Transfer of Aircraft Registration Following Suspension of Owner's Registration - Section 49L. No transfer of registration of aircraft of which...
Section 49m - Return of Suspended Registration Certificate - Section 49M. Any person whose registration is suspended shall immediately...
Section 49n - Illegal Operation of Aircraft; Failure to Return Suspended Registration Certificate - Section 49N. (a) Any owner or operator whose registration or...
Section 49o - Application of Secs. 49b to 49r to Certain Aircraft - Section 49O. Sections forty-nine B to forty-nine R, inclusive, shall...
Section 49p - Availability of Other Legal Processes; Enforcement - Section 49P. Nothing in sections forty-nine B to forty-nine R,...
Section 49q - Service of Process; Proof of Service - Section 49Q. (a) Service of process as provided for in...
Section 49r - Discharge in Bankruptcy - Section 49R. A discharge in bankruptcy shall not relieve any...
Section 49s - Severability; Constitutionality - Section 49S. The provisions of sections forty-nine B to forty-nine...
Section 49t - Interpretation and Construction of Uniform Aircraft Financial Responsibility Act - Section 49T. Sections forty-nine B to forty-nine R, inclusive, may...
Section 50 - Appointment of Administrator for Aeronautics as Attorney for Service of Process - Section 50. The operation within this commonwealth by any person,...
Section 51d - Municipal Airports and Air Navigation Facilities - Section 51D. Upon appropriation and subject to all applicable provisions...
Section 51e - Airport Commissions for Municipal Airports; Members; Vacancies; Airport Managers - Section 51E. In any city or town in which an...
Section 51f - Leasing of Land at Airports - Section 51F. Any airport commission may let or lease, for...
Section 51g - Acquisition of Property to Establish Airport; Eminent Domain; Purchase; Lease - Section 51G. For the purpose of establishing an airport, the...
Section 51h - Charges or Rentals for Use of Properties, Facilities, Installations; Terms and Conditions of Contracts - Section 51H. An airport commission shall determine the charges or...
Section 51i - Power of Commission; Expenditure of Funds; Contracts for Maintenance, Operation, Construction and Enlargement of Airports - Section 51I. The airport commission of any city or town...
Section 51j - Rules and Regulations; Use of Airports; Safety of Public - Section 51J. An airport commission shall adopt rules and regulations...
Section 51k - Federal Funds; Receipt by Aeronautics Commission; Bids; Contracts; Loans in Anticipation of Funds - Section 51K. Any airport commission established by law obtaining an...
Section 51l - Contracts for Construction, Enlargement or Improvement of Airports by Airport Commission - Section 51L. All contracts for the acquisition, establishment, construction, enlargement,...
Section 51m - Exclusive Contracts, Permits or Licenses to Transport Persons for Hire or to Receive or Deliver Passengers at Airports - Section 51M. Neither the commonwealth nor any city, town or...
Section 51n - Establishment, Maintenance and Operation of Airport by Municipalities as Joint Enterprise; Contents of Agreement; Joint Airport Commission - Section 51N. Two or more municipalities, by vote of the...
Section 52 - Partial Unconstitutionality and Invalidity of Secs. 35 to 51 - Section 52. If any provision of said sections thirty-five to...
Section 61 - Logan Airport Security Zone; Access; Penalties - Section 61. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or...
Section 62 - Notice to Police Department Regarding Suspensions or Revocations Pursuant to Subsection (A) or (B) of Sec. 22, Secs. 22f, 22i, 24, 24.5, 24d, 24g or 24l - Section 62. Following any suspension or revocation pursuant to subsection...
Section 63 - Collection and Maintenance of Traffic Stop Data; Use and Storage of Data; Preparation of Analysis and Report; Annual Public Report; Public Hearings - Section 63. (a) The registry of motor vehicles shall collect...