Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Title XIV - Public Ways and Works

Section 5 - Filing of Highway Plan; Right to Abandon or Discontinue; Width of Highway - Section 5. If the department determines, after public notice and...

Section 6 - Alteration of Location - Section 6. The department may alter the location of a...

Section 7 - Acquisition of Land Outside Limits of Existing Highway - Section 7. If it is necessary to acquire land for...

Section 7a - Acquisition of Land to Alter or Relocate Ways Connecting With State Highways - Section 7A. In connection with the laying out, alteration or...

Section 7b - Acquisition of Slope Easement to Protect Existing Ways - Section 7B. Wherever in this chapter the department is authorized...

Section 7c - Limited Access Ways; Definition; Acquisition of Land; Motorist Service Facilities - Section 7C. If the department determines that public necessity and...

Section 7d - Public Utility Easements and Cattle Passes - Section 7D. The department may grant easements within state highway...

Section 7e - Sale, Transfer, Lease or Rental of Excess Lands - Section 7E. The department may sell at public or private...

Section 7f - Entry on Private Land for Purpose of Surveys, Soundings, Drillings and Examinations - Section 7F. Whenever the department deems it necessary to make...

Section 7g - Relocation of Public Utilities; Purchase of Lands and Easements - Section 7G. Whenever, in connection with the laying out, widening,...

Section 7h - Lease of Lands for Public Parking Facility - Section 7H. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department...

Section 7i - Agreements With Railroads, Transit Authorities or Other Public Authorities or Municipalities Regarding Relocation or Other Work; Advancement of Funds - Section 7I. The department is hereby authorized to enter into...

Section 7j - Relocation Assistance; Acquisition of Real Property; Payments; Compliance With Federal Acts - Section 7J. In any federally aided program, the department of...

Section 7k - Relocation of Facilities of Public Utilities; Entry Upon Lands - Section 7K. Whenever land or an easement therein is taken...

Section 7l - Lease of Air Rights Over State Highways - Section 7L. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department...

Section 7m - Acquisition of Land for Parks, Historic Sites, etc., to Replace Land Required for Federal Highways - Section 7M. Whenever a federal-aid highway program or project requires...

Section 8 - Construction of State Highways; Advertising for Proposals - Section 8. The department, when about to construct a state...

Section 8b - Statement of Qualification of Persons Bidding on Work Awarded by Division of Highways or Department of Conservation and Recreation - Section 8B. The commissioner of highways or the commissioner of...

Section 8c - Restriction Upon Hours During Which Nonemergency Work May Be Performed on Certain Highways - Section 8C. Any contract for the resurfacing, maintenance, minor reconstruction...

Section 10 - Contributions by Cities and Towns - Section 10. The mayor, selectmen or road commissioners or the...

Section 11 - Acquisition of Land to Supply Road Materials - Section 11. The department shall have the same power as...

Section 12 - Discontinuance or Abandonment - Section 12. The department, with the concurrence of the county...

Section 13 - Duties of Department; Definition of State Highway - Section 13. State highways shall be maintained and kept in...

Section 13a - Highway Landscaping; Acceptance of Gifts of Easements - Section 13A. The department may accept in behalf of the...

Section 13b - Restoration, Preservation and Enhancement of Scenic Beauty and Historic or Archeological Sites; Facilities for Traveling Motorists - Section 13B. The department may acquire by eminent domain under...

Section 14 - Removal of Trees and Other Obstructions Near Highways - Section 14. The department, if it can obtain consent of...

Section 15 - Contracts for Maintenance and Repair - Section 15. The department may contract with the town in...

Section 18 - Defects in Highways; Liability - Section 18. The commonwealth shall be liable for injuries sustained...

Section 19 - Jurisdiction of Local Police; Snow Removal - Section 19. A town shall have police jurisdiction over all...

Section 20 - Sidewalks - Section 20. The department shall from time to time construct...

Section 20a - Illumination of Highways - Section 20A. The department may illuminate, or cause to be...

Section 21 - Excavations or Driveway Openings on State Highways; Conditions; Enforcement - Section 21. No state highway shall be dug up, nor...

Section 22 - Prescriptive Rights of Adjoining Owners - Section 22. No length of possession, or occupancy of land...

Section 24 - Authorization - Section 24. The department may, whenever any money is appropriated...

Section 25 - Maintenance - Section 25. When any public way has been constructed or...

Section 26 - Maintenance of Ways in Small Towns - Section 26. There may be expended for the repair and...

Section 26a - Maintenance of Ways in Small Towns; Contributions by County - Section 26A. The county commissioners of the county wherein any...

Section 27 - Maintenance Costs; Conditions of Payment - Section 27. Expenditure of state funds under section twenty-six shall...

Section 28 - Maintenance of Ways in Small Towns; Performance of Contract - Section 28. The said towns may contract with the department...

Section 29 - Maintenance of Ways in Small Towns; Determination of Town's Contribution - Section 29. The department shall determine, ad nearly as possible,...

Section 29a - Laying Out or Altering Ways; Consent, Acquisition, Funds - Section 29A. The department may lay out or alter ways...

Section 30 - Use of Federal Aid for Highways and Rural Post Roads - Section 30. The department may make all contracts and agreements...

Section 31 - Apportionment of Fund; Equalizing Grant; Definitions: Notifications of Amounts Apportioned and to Be Incurred - Section 31. The portion of the Highway Fund allocated for...

Section 32 - Definitions - Section 32. For the purposes of reimbursing cities and towns...

Chapter 81a - The Massachusetts Turnpike Authority and the Metropolitan Highway System - [Repealed, 2009, 25, Sec. 75.]

Chapter 82 - The Laying Out, Alteration, Relocation and Discontinuance of Public Ways, and Specific Repairs Thereon

Section 1 - Jurisdiction; Notice; Hearings - Section 1. County commissioners, councils of governments, or other duly...

Section 2 - Petition; Recognizance - Section 2. If common convenience and necessity require a new...

Section 3 - Notice of Proposed Taking and View or Hearing; Publication - Section 3. Fifteen days at least before the time appointed...

Section 4 - View of Premises; Adjudication - Section 4. They shall view the premises if they consider...

Section 5 - Procedure on Objections to Proposal - Section 5. If at the time of the view or...

Section 6 - Changes Between Termini; Establishment of Building Lines - Section 6. They may make such changes between the termini...

Section 7 - Taking Land or Easement by Eminent Domain; Damages - Section 7. If it is necessary, for the purpose of...

Section 8 - Construction Requirements; Payment of Expenses - Section 8. The commissioners, in their return, shall determine and...

Section 9 - Culverts and Cattle Passes - Section 9. If the commissioners require a culvert, cattle pass...

Section 10 - Specific Repair of Ways - Section 10. If, upon a petition for the laying out...

Section 11 - Relocation - Section 11. If application is made to the commissioners by...

Section 11a - Entry Upon Private Lands for Purpose of Reconnaissances, Surveys, Soundings, Inspections and Examinations - Section 11A. Whenever the commissioners or their authorized agents deem...

Section 12 - Payment of Damages and Costs of Construction - Section 12. When a highway has been finally laid out,...

Section 13 - Payment of Expenses of Rejected Petitions - Section 13. If a highway is not finally laid out,...

Section 14 - Failure by Municipalities to Construct Highways Laid Out by Commissioners - Section 14. If, after a highway has been laid out...

Section 15 - Remedy Against Delinquent Municipalities - Section 15. If a delinquent city or town does not...

Section 16 - Payment of County's Share of Expense - Section 16. When a highway which has been laid out,...

Section 17 - Jurisdiction - Section 17. The city council of a city and the...

Section 18 - Notice to County Commissioners of Final Action on Petitions - Section 18. Within two weeks after final action relative to...

Section 19 - Appeal to County Commissioners - Section 19. An appeal may be taken to the county...

Section 20 - Applicability to Railroad Crossings - Section 20. The three preceding sections shall not affect sections...

Section 21 - Authority to Lay Out Ways - Section 21. The selectmen or road commissioners of a town...

Section 22 - Notice of Intention - Section 22. Seven days at least prior to the laying...

Section 23 - Filing and Acceptance of Plan - Section 23. No town way or private way which has...

Section 24 - Taking by Eminent Domain; Damages - Section 24. If it is necessary to acquire land for...

Section 25 - Sewers and Pipes - Section 25. In a town which accepts the provisions of...

Section 28 - Completion of Way by County Commissioners - Section 28. If a town in which a town way...

Section 29 - Private Ways; Laying Out, Relocation or Alteration by Commissioners - Section 29. If the laying out, relocation or alteration of...

Section 30 - Discontinuance by Commissioners - Section 30. Upon the application in writing of a person...

Section 31 - Costs for Hearing Petitions; Recognizance - Section 31. If an application is made to the county...

Section 32 - Report of Laid Out, Relocated or Altered Roads; Recordation - Section 32. When a town way or private way is...

Section 32a - Abandonment of Municipal Ways - Section 32A. The board or officers of a city or...

Section 32b - Taking Slope Easement to Protect Ways - Section 32B. Wherever in this chapter or in any city...

Section 32c - Easements for Erection of Snow Fences - Section 32C. A city or town may purchase, receive, or...

Section 33 - Footways - Section 33. Cities and towns may lay out footways for...

Section 34 - Reserved Spaces Along Ways; Rights of Pedestrians Injured by Streetcars - Section 34. If the city council of a city, or...

Section 35 - Bicycle Paths - Section 35. The board or officers authorized to lay out...

Section 35a - Laws Relative to Public Ways; Definition - Section 35A. The board or officers authorized to lay out...

Section 36 - Penalty for Misuse of Bicycle Paths - Section 36. Whoever trespasses upon bicycle paths named in the...

Section 37 - Building Lines - Section 37. If a city by its city council or...

Section 38 - Acquisition of Land for Road Materials - Section 38. The county commissioners, aldermen or selectmen or road...

Section 39 - Commencement of Proceedings - Section 39. Petitions to the county commissioners relative to highways...

Section 40 - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 40a to 40e - Section 40. The following words, as used in this section...

Section 40a - Excavations; Notice - Section 40A. No excavator installing a new facility or an...

Section 40b - Designation of Location of Underground Facilities - Section 40B. Within 72 hours, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays and...

Section 40c - Excavator's Responsibility to Maintain Designation Markings; Damage Caused by Excavator - Section 40C. After a company has designated the location of...

Section 40d - Local Laws Requiring Excavation Permits; Public Ways - Section 40D. Nothing in this section shall affect or impair...

Section 40e - Violations of Secs. 40a to 40e; Punishment - Section 40E. Any person or company found by the department...

Chapter 82a - Excavation and Trench Safety

Section 1 - Unattended Open Trenches; Safety Hazards; Rules and Regulations; Fines - [ Text of section effective until July 18, 2021. For...

Section 2 - Trench Excavating Permits; Permits Issued by Board or Officer; Certificate of Insurance; Fees - [ Text of section effective until July 18, 2021. For...

Section 3 - Form of Trench Excavation Permits; Required Statements - Section 3. A permit to excavate a trench issued pursuant...

Section 4 - Definitions - Section 4. For purposes of this chapter, a ''trench'' shall...

Section 5 - Additional Requirements - Section 5. The requirements of this chapter are in addition...

Chapter 83 - Sewers, Drains and Sidewalks

Section 1 - Authorization; Connecting Sewers; Approval of Plans; Acquisition of Lands by Eminent Domain or Purchase; Agreements With Municipalities or Districts; Contracts - Section 1. A city or town may lay out, construct,...

Section 1a - Common Sewers and Main Drains in Public or Private Ways; Voter Approval and Comprehensive Water Resources Management Plan - Section 1A. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 1 and 3...

Section 1b - Connection of Abutting Land to Common Sewer; Requirements; Amendment of Comprehensive Water Resources Management Plan - Section 1B. At the commencement of operation of the municipalities'...

Section 1c - Certification by Board of Health for Additional Connections; Service for Municipal Buildings, Public Restrooms or Public Service Uses - Section 1C. After commencement of operations of the sewer system...

Section 1d - Assessments Upon Connection of Abutting Land to Common Sewer - Section 1D. Notwithstanding the provisions of chapters 80 and 83...

Section 1e - Written Decision Regarding Approval or Denial of Connection to Common Sewer; Appeal - Section 1E. Every decision by the board or officer having...

Section 1f - Discrimination Prohibited - Section 1F. In carrying out the provisions of sections 1A...

Section 1g - Separate Account; Collection, Deposit and Use of Funds - Section 1G. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special...

Section 1h - Borrowing or Assessing Funds for Construction of Wastewater Treatment System - Section 1H. Notwithstanding section 7 of chapter 44, a municipality...

Section 2 - Plans and Records - Section 2. Plans and descriptions of all main drains and...

Section 3 - Sewer Connections - Section 3. The board or officers of a city or...

Section 3a - Private Ways; Repair of Sewers - Section 3A. The board or officers of a city or...

Section 4 - Highway Ditches or Drains - Section 4. The department of highways, county commissioners, and the...

Section 5 - Separate Systems for Drainage of Water and Sewage - Section 5. In this section surface or storm water and...

Section 6 - Sewage Disposal Works - Section 6. A town, with the approval of the department...

Section 7 - Examination of Sewage Disposal Works; Prevention of Nuisances - Section 7. If the department of environmental protection determines upon...

Section 8 - Digging Up Public Ways; Permits - Section 8. No person shall dig up or make an...

Section 9 - Obstruction of Ditches - Section 9. Whoever, by himself, his agents or servants, deposits...

Section 10 - Rules and Regulations Regarding Use and Connections - Section 10. A city, town or sewer district may, from...

Section 11 - Sewer Connections - Section 11. The board of health of a town may...

Section 12 - Repair of Private Drains - Section 12. If a city council or a town accepts...

Section 13 - Equity Jurisdiction - Section 13. The supreme judicial court and the superior court...

Section 14 - Sewer Assessments; Authorization - Section 14. A person who enters his particular drain into...

Section 15 - Sewerage Systems; Adoption; Assessment; Uniform Units; Separation of Costs - Section 15. The city council of a city or a...

Section 15a - Redetermination of Assessment - Section 15A. Any city at any meeting of the proper...

Section 15b - Estimated Sewer Assessments; Construction of Water Pollution Control Facilities - Section 15B. A city or town may assess and collect...

Section 15c - Interest on Unpaid Balance of Sewer Betterment Assessment - Section 15C. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the...

Section 15d - Apportionment of Future Sewer Assessments or Unpaid Balances - Section 15D. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the...

Section 16 - Charge for Use of Sewers - Section 16. The aldermen of any city or the sewer...

Section 16a - Certificate of Acceptance; Effect; Recordation - Section 16A. If the rates and charges due to a...

Section 16b - Effective Date of Sewer Charge Lien; Termination; Methods of Collection and Enforcement of Rate or Charge - Section 16B. Such lien shall take effect by operation of...

Section 16c - Certification of Rate or Charge to Assessors; Commitment as Tax - Section 16C. If a rate or charge for which a...

Section 16d - Application of Other Law; Powers of Tax Collectors - Section 16D. Except as otherwise provided, the provisions of chapters...

Section 16e - Remedies of Aggrieved Real Estate Owners - Section 16E. An owner of real estate aggrieved by a...

Section 16f - Recovery of Real Estate Owner Against Tenants - Section 16F. An owner of real estate who, in order...

Section 16g - Deferral of Charges - Section 16G. In a city, town or district which accepts...

Section 17 - Payment for Permanent Sewer Privileges - Section 17. The aldermen of any city except Boston or...

Section 18 - Method of Assessment - Section 18. The city council of a city or a...

Section 19 - Assessments; Extension of Time for Payment - Section 19. The aldermen of a city or the sewer...

Section 20 - Fee for Use of Sewers - Section 20. The owners of land or parts thereof not...

Section 21 - Assessment on Land Abutting on More Than One Way - Section 21. If land abuts upon more than one way,...

Section 22 - Assessment of Sewers Built by Landowners - Section 22. If an ordinance or by-law provides that any...

Section 23 - Cost of Sewers; Payment of Portion by Municipality - Section 23. A town by vote of its town meeting...

Section 24 - Assessment for Particular Sewers - Section 24. The owner of any land benefited by the...

Section 25 - Establishment of Sidewalks - Section 25. The aldermen of a city or the selectmen...

Section 26 - Assessments for the Construction or Reconstruction of Sidewalk - Section 26. In the order for the construction of a...

Section 27 - Recording of Statements; Assessment Liens - Section 27. Whenever the aldermen of a city or the...

Section 28 - Application of Betterment Law - Section 28. The provisions of chapter eighty relative to the...

Section 29 - Betterment Assessments Created by Special Act; Duration of Lien - Section 29. Notwithstanding any provision in any special act to...

Chapter 84 - Repair of Ways and Bridges

Section 1 - Repair of Highways and Town Ways at Expense of Towns - Section 1. Highways and town ways, including railroad crossings at...

Section 2 - Repair of Bridge by Two or More Towns; Repair of Drawbridge - Section 2. If two or more towns within the same...

Section 3 - Enforcement of Order for Repair - Section 3. If any town does not comply with any...

Section 4 - Warrants Against Delinquent Towns - Section 4. If a delinquent town does not pay its...

Section 5 - Appropriation for Construction, Repair, and Maintenance of Highway Through Two or More Towns - Section 5. When a highway runs through two or more...

Section 5a - Removal of Snow or Ice; Equipment and Employees - Section 5A. The selectmen, highway surveyor, highway commissioners, or other...

Section 6 - Sanding of Tarred Ways - Section 6. Any public way which has been spread with...

Section 7 - Duties of Surveyors of Highways and Road Commissioners - Section 7. Surveyors of highways and road commissioners shall remove...

Section 7a - Notice of Repair, Construction or Reconstruction of Road or Highway - Section 7A. Surveyors of highways, road commissioners, or any other...

Section 8 - Fences, Gates or Bars to Prevent Spread of Disease; Removal - Section 8. No surveyor, road commissioner or other person shall,...

Section 9 - Ditches by Side of Ways - Section 9. A surveyor or road commissioner may cause a...

Section 10 - Entry Upon Land to Secure and Protect Public Way; Damages - Section 10. The selectmen or road commissioners may enter upon,...

Section 11 - State Aid for Keeping Highway Open in Winter - Section 11. The department of highways may co-operate with the...

Section 11a - Maintenance of Highways Constructed or Improved in Whole or in Part by County - Section 11A. When a public way other than a state...

Section 12 - Meeting of Proprietors and Occupants of Private Way or Bridge; Warrant; Clerk and Surveyor - Section 12. If four or more persons are the proprietors...

Section 13 - Refusal or Neglect of Proprietor or Occupant to Comply With Vote - Section 13. A proprietor or occupant who refuses or neglects...

Section 14 - Financing Repairs - Section 14. The proprietors and occupants may, at a meeting...

Section 15 - Personal Injuries or Property Damage From Defective Ways - Section 15. If a person sustains bodily injury or damage...

Section 16 - Damage Caused by Excessive Load - Section 16. If a person, without the consent of the...

Section 17 - Injury or Damage Caused by Snow or Ice - Section 17. A county, city or town shall not be...

Section 18 - Notice of Injury; Contents; Limitation of Action - Section 18. A person so injured shall, within thirty days...

Section 19 - Service of Notice - Section 19. Such notice shall be in writing, signed by...

Section 20 - Omissions in Notice; Notice of Insufficiency - Section 20. A defendant shall not avail himself in defence...

Section 21 - Notice to Owner of Private Property - Section 21. Sections eighteen, nineteen and twenty shall apply to...

Section 22 - Neglect to Repair Way; Penalty - Section 22. If a town neglects to repair any way...

Section 23 - Dedicated Ways - Section 23. A way opened and dedicated to the public...

Section 24 - Damage From Defects in Dedicated Ways - Section 24. The board or officer having authority over public...

Section 25 - Repairs Made on Way Within Six Years of Injury - Section 25. If, upon the trial of an indictment or...

Section 26 - Liability of Abutting Lot Owner - Section 26. If the owner of a lot abutting upon...

Section 27 - Excavations Abutting Public Way; Liability of Owners - Section 27. If, on premises abutting on a public way,...

Section 27a - Erection of Barriers at Excavations Abutting Public Ways; Duty of Owner; Penalty - Section 27A. The owner of any land which abuts a...

Chapter 85 - Regulations and By-Laws Relative to Ways and Bridges

Section 1 - Direction Signs; Erection and Maintenance by Cities and Towns - Section 1. Except as otherwise provided in section two, every...

Section 2 - Traffic Signs or Devices; Erection and Maintenance; Rules and Regulations - Section 2. The department of highways, in this chapter called...

Section 2a - Removal of Vehicles Interfering With Snow and Ice Removal - Section 2A. The department, for the purpose of insuring the...

Section 2b - Limited Access and Express State Highways; Regulation of Use - Section 2B. The department for purpose of promoting public safety...

Section 2c - Towing of Vehicles From State Highways - Section 2C. The department, for the purpose of promoting public...

Section 2d - Signs on State Highways Indicating Availability of Certain Services - Section 2D. The department may, upon application by an interested...

Section 2e - Regulations to Exclude Persons and Vehicles From State Highways; Prohibition of Low-Speed Vehicles on Certain Highways - Section 2E. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 18 of chapter...

Section 3 - Change of Name of Ways or Parks; Appeal - Section 3. When the name of any public way, place...

Section 3a - Approval of Name for Way Other Than Public Way in City or Town - Section 3A. No way in any city or town which...

Section 3b - Changing of Name of Way - Section 3B. When any way in a city or town...

Section 4 - Construction of Sidewalks by Adjoining Landowners - Section 4. A person owning or occupying land adjoining a...

Section 5 - Removal of Snow and Ice From Sidewalks by Abutting Landowners; Penalties - Section 5. Cities by ordinance and towns by by-laws may...

Section 6 - Assessment of Cost of Removal of Snow and Ice From Sidewalks - Section 6. Any town which accepts this section or has...

Section 7 - Exemption From Assessment by Agreement of Owner to Remove Snow and Ice - Section 7. Any person, or the agent of any person,...

Section 7a - Storage and Use of Snow Removal Chemicals; Regulations; Reports; Penalty - Section 7A. (a) For the purposes of this section, ''person''...

Section 7b - Depositing Snow on State Highways - Section 7B. No person other than an employee in the...

Section 8 - Permits for Signs and Other Structures Projecting Into or Over Ways - Section 8. The municipal board or officer having charge of...

Section 9 - Permits; Exemption of Certain Structures - Section 9. The provisions of section eight shall not apply...

Section 9a - Flashing Lights on Billboards, etc.; Discontinuance Orders; Penalties; Exceptions - Section 9A. The department, after a public hearing, may order...

Section 10 - Regulation of Use of Ways; Penalties - Section 10. Towns may make ordinances and by-laws to prevent...

Section 10a - Coasting on Ways in Cities - Section 10A. Selectmen in towns, and the aldermen or other...

Section 11 - Arrest Without Warrant for Driving at Excessive Speed - Section 11. Whoever violates an ordinance or by-law prohibiting persons...

Section 11b - Bicycles; Operation and Equipment; Regulations; Federal Product Safety Standards, Effect; Races; Violations; Penalties - Section 11B. Every person operating a bicycle upon a way,...

Section 11b.5 - Mandatory Helmet Use for Persons 16 Years of Age or Younger - Section 11B.5. Any person 16 years of age or younger...

Section 11d - Bicycle Helmets; Display of Sign Requiring Use - Section 11D. Every person engaged in the retail business of...

Section 11e - Traffic Law Violations by Bicyclist - Section 11E. A police officer who observes a traffic law...

Section 14a - Funeral Processions - Section 14A. (a) For purposes of this section, the following...

Section 14b - Flares; Use by Certain Commercial Vehicles - Section 14B. Whenever any commercial vehicle having a gross weight...

Section 15 - Lights on Vehicles - Section 15. A vehicle, whether stationary or in motion, on...

Section 16 - Duty of Driver at Night to Give Name to Officer on Request - Section 16. Every person shall while driving or in charge...

Section 17 - Penalty for Violation of Sec. 15 or 16 - Section 17. Whoever violates any of the provisions of section...

Section 17a - Soliciting From Vehicles on Public Ways - Section 17A. Whoever, for the purpose of soliciting any alms,...

Section 17b - Riding on Rear or Side of Street Railway Car, Motor Bus or Trackless Trolley - Section 17B. Whoever rides upon the rear or side of...

Section 18 - Moving of Buildings in Public Way - Section 18. No person shall move a building in a...

Section 19 - Leading, Driving, or Conveying Dangerous Wild Animals on Public Ways - Section 19. Whoever leads or drives a bear or other...

Section 20 - Regulation of Speed on County Bridges - Section 20. The county commissioners may establish by-laws regulating the...

Section 21 - Regulation of Speed on Town Bridges - Section 21. A town may establish ordinances or by-laws to...

Section 21a - Warning Signs on State Highways for Protection of School Children - Section 21A. Subject to the provisions of section two, cities...

Section 22 - Regulation of Speed on Incorporated Bridges - Section 22. The proprietors of an incorporated bridge may make...

Section 23 - Regulation of Travel on State Ways; Penalties - Section 23. The governor, with the advice and consent of...

Section 24 - Posting of Regulations on Bridges - Section 24. No person shall be liable to penalty under...

Section 25 - Jurisdiction of District Court Over Bridges - Section 25. District courts in the towns in which the...

Section 26 - Drawbridges - Section 26. The department, county commissioners or any city or...

Section 27 - Duties of Draw Tender - Section 27. When such ordinances or by-laws have been approved,...

Section 28 - Liability of Owners of Vessel for Injury to Bridge - Section 28. If a vessel, through the negligence of the...

Section 29 - Removal of Vessel Obstructing Draw - Section 29. Such draw tender may remove a vessel which...

Section 30 - Injury to Surface of Way; Traction Engines and Heavy Vehicles; Permits; Regulations; Liability - Section 30. Except as provided in section nineteen A of...

Section 30a - Permit for Certain Vehicles Exceeding Weight Limitations to Operate on Through Routes; Application; Notice of Approval or Disapproval; Violations; Revocation or Suspension of Permit - Section 30A. The owner or lessee of any motor vehicle,...

Section 31 - Speed of Heavy Vehicles With Metallic Tires - Section 31. No vehicle which with its load weighs more...

Section 32 - Penalties for Violations of Secs. 30, 30a, and 31 - Section 32. Any person violating any provision of section thirty,...

Section 33 - Scope of Secs. 30 to 32 - Section 33. Nothing in sections thirty to thirty-two, inclusive, shall...

Section 34 - Protection of Bridges From Heavy Loads - Section 34. Except as otherwise provided in the following section,...

Section 35 - Approval by Department of Public Works of Construction of Highway Bridges; Liability for Damages to Bridges - Section 35. No bridge on a public highway having a...

Section 36 - Construction and Loading of Vehicles to Prevent Dropping of Load on Way; Penalty - Section 36. No person shall drive or move a motor...

Section 37 - Indemnity Provision in Motor Carrier Transportation Contracts Void and Unenforceable - Section 37. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the...

Chapter 86 - Boundaries of Highways and Other Public Places, and Encroachments Thereon

Section 1 - Erection of Monuments - Section 1. The aldermen, selectmen or road commissioners shall cause...

Section 2 - Buildings or Fences as Boundaries - Section 2. If buildings or fences have been erected and...

Section 3 - Encroachment on Public Ways - Section 3. If the boundaries of a public way are...

Section 4 - Removal of Encroachments - Section 4. If such building, fence or other encumbrance is...

Section 5 - Removal of Gates, Rails, Bars or Fences Upon or Across Ways - Section 5. Any person may remove gates, rails, bars or...

Section 6 - Barbed Wire Fences - Section 6. Whoever builds or maintains a barbed wire fence...

Section 7 - Removal of Unused Poles, Structures, Etc. From Public Ways - Section 7. The aldermen or selectmen may cause the removal...

Chapter 87 - Shade Trees

Section 1 - Public Shade Trees; Definition - Section 1. All trees within a public way or on...

Section 2 - Powers of Tree Wardens - Section 2. The tree warden of a town may appoint...

Section 3 - Cutting of Public Shade Trees; Public Hearing; Damages to Fee Owner - Section 3. Except as provided by section five, public shade...

Section 4 - Cutting Down or Removing Public Shade Trees; Approval of Selectmen or Mayor - Section 4. Tree wardens shall not cut down or remove...

Section 5 - Cutting Down, Trimming or Removing Bushes and Small Trees - Section 5. Tree wardens and their deputies, but no other...

Section 6 - Penalty for Violation of Sec. 3, 4 or 5 - Section 6. Violations of any provision of the three preceding...

Section 7 - Planting of Shade Trees - Section 7. Cities and towns may appropriate money for the...

Section 8 - Trees on State Highways - Section 8. The department of highways, in this chapter called...

Section 9 - Signs or Marks on Shade Trees - Section 9. Whoever affixes to a tree in a public...

Section 10 - Injury to Trees on State Highways - Section 10. Whoever without authority trims, cuts down or removes...

Section 11 - Injury to Trees of Another Person - Section 11. Whoever wilfully, maliciously or wantonly cuts, destroys or...

Section 12 - Injury to Shrubs, Trees or Fixtures - Section 12. Whoever wantonly injures, defaces or destroys a shrub,...

Section 13 - Powers and Duties of Tree Wardens in Cities - Section 13. The powers and duties conferred and imposed upon...

Section 14 - Performance of Maintenance and Tree Removal Work by Utility;submission and Approval of Vegetation Management and Hazard Tree Removal Plans; Submission of Utility Tree Maintenance Standards and Specifications - Section 14. (a) For the purposes of this section, ''utility''...

Chapter 88 - Ferries, Canals and Public Landings

Section 1 - Ferryman; License - Section 1. The county commissioners may license for such time...

Section 2 - Fares and Tolls - Section 2. The commissioners shall establish at each ferry the...

Section 3 - Sufficiency and Safety of Boats - Section 3. Each ferryman shall keep sufficient and safe boats...

Section 4 - Remedy for Damage From Negligence or Default of Ferryman - Section 4. Whoever suffers damage by the negligence or default...

Section 5 - Keeping Ferry Without License; Liability - Section 5. Whoever without license keeps a ferry and demands...

Section 6 - Maintenance of Ferry by Towns - Section 6. If the commissioners determine that it is necessary...

Section 7 - Apportionment of Expense of Maintenance of Ferry - Section 7. The commissioners may, either when such ferry is...

Section 8 - Negligence in Maintaining Ferry - Section 8. A town which neglects to maintain a ferry...

Section 9 - Certificate of Character of Load - Section 9. The master of a boat laden with goods,...

Section 10 - False Statement as to Quantity or Quality of Goods Laden - Section 10. Whoever knowingly and with intent to defraud such...

Section 11 - Examination of Load - Section 11. A collector of tolls on a canal may...

Section 12 - Fencing Dangerous Canals - Section 12. The city council of a city or the...

Section 13 - Failure to Comply With Fencing Order - Section 13. If such order of the city council or...

Section 14 - Laying Out or Alteration of Common Landing Places; Erection and Maintenance of Structures Thereon - Section 14. In every city or town where the tide...

Section 15 - Failure to Lay Out; Appeal to County Commissioners - Section 15. Any person aggrieved by the failure of the...

Section 16 - Ascertainment of Location of Common Landing Place - Section 16. Upon the representation of ten or more inhabitants...

Section 17 - Discontinuance; Appeal - Section 17. A town at a meeting called for the...

Section 18 - Recognizance for Costs - Section 18. Before any action is taken upon an appeal...

Section 19 - Use of Common Landing Places - Section 19. The city council of a city and the...

Chapter 89 - Law of the Road

Section 1 - Meeting Vehicles - Section 1. When persons traveling with vehicles meet on a...

Section 2 - Passing Vehicle Traveling in Same Direction - Section 2. Except as herein otherwise provided, the driver of...

Section 3 - Sleigh or Sled; Bells - Section 3. No person shall travel on a way with...

Section 4 - Keeping to Right While View Obstructed - Section 4. Whenever on any way, public or private, there...

Section 4a - Driving Vehicles in a Single Lane; Motorcycles, Riding and Passing - Section 4A. When any way has been divided into lanes,...

Section 4b - Driving in Lane Nearest Right Side of Way - Section 4B. Upon all ways the driver of a vehicle...

Section 4c - Heavy Trucks; Driving in Right-Hand Lane on Multi-Lane Highways - Section 4C. On any highway with more than one passing...

Section 4d - Standing or Parking of Motor Vehicle in a Designated Bike Lane - Section 4D. The operator of a motor vehicle shall not...

Section 5 - Penalty; Exceptions - Section 5. Whoever violates any of the provisions of sections...

Section 6 - Applicability of Rules of Road to Street Railway Cars - Section 6. In construing rules, by-laws and regulations concerning the...

Section 6a - Stopping of Street Railway Cars for Passage of Fire Apparatus - Section 6A. Every motorman of a car upon a street...

Section 7 - Right of Way of Fire Engines, Patrol Vehicles and Ambulances; Obstruction; Penalties - Section 7. The members and apparatus of a fire department...

Section 7a - Restrictions on Use of Ways Upon Approach of Emergency Vehicles - Section 7A. Upon the approach of any fire apparatus, police...

Section 7b - Operation of Emergency Vehicles - Section 7B. The driver of a vehicle of a fire,...

Section 7c - Lane Change Upon Approaching a Stationary Emergency Response Vehicle, Highway Maintenance Vehicle or Recovery Vehicle; Penalty - Section 7C. (a) As used in this section the following...

Section 7d - Moving of Vehicle Involved in a Crash From a Travel Lane - Section 7D. The operator of any vehicle involved in a...

Section 8 - Right-of-Way at Intersecting Ways; Turning on Red Signals - Section 8. When two vehicles approach or enter an intersection...

Section 9 - Designation of Highways as Through Ways; Traffic Control Signs and Devices - Section 9. The department of highways may designate any state...

Section 10 - Violation of One-Way Traffic; Civil Liability - Section 10. The violation by the operator or driver of...

Section 11 - Marked Crosswalks; Yielding Right of Way to Pedestrians; Penalty - Section 11. When traffic control signals are not in place...

Section 12 - Surcharge on Fines for Motor Vehicle Violation - Section 12. There shall be a surcharge of $5 on...

Chapter 90 - Motor Vehicles and Aircraft

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...

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Massachusetts General Laws Part I - Administration of the Government Title XIV - Public Ways and Works

Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Title XIV - Public Ways and Works