Chapter 90

Section 7O. No person shall remove or render inoperative, except temporarily for maintenance purposes, any device or element of design installed on or in a motor vehicle or motor vehicle engine in compliance with regulations under the National Emission Standards Act (42 USC 1857f…

Section 7P. No person shall alter, modify or change the height of a motor vehicle with an original manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating of up to and including ten thousand pounds, by elevating or lowering the chassis or body by more than two inches above or below the origin…

Section 7Q. No person, knowing that any tire of a motor vehicle fails to comply with regulations promulgated by the registrar relative to the minimum standards for visual and tread depth, shall operate such vehicle upon any way; and no owner of a motor vehicle, knowing that any t…

Section 7R. All motor vehicles, and all trailer and semi-trailers manufactured for the model year nineteen hundred and seventy-nine and thereafter and registered under the provisions of sections two to five, inclusive, shall be equipped with and display a vehicle identification n…

Section 7S. The following words used in this section twenty-four A to twenty-four C, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires shall have the following meanings:— ''A–weighted sound level'', the sound level in decibels as measured on a sound level meter using the A–weighti…

Section 7T. The registrar shall adopt regulations establishing test procedures and instrumentation to be utilized for measuring sound levels of in-use vehicles. Such regulation shall include site criteria and moving and stationary vehicle measurement procedures and shall take int…

Section 7U. No person shall operate a motorcycle intended for use on the highways of the commonwealth and registered under the provisions of section two of chapter ninety at any time or under any condition of grade, load, acceleration or deceleration in such a manner as to exceed…

Section 7V. The registrar shall establish rules and regulations for the issuance of certificates of inspection. Such rules and regulations shall include but not be limited to the following: (a) motor vehicles meeting the inspection requirements established by the registrar under …

Section 7W. No person or facility shall conduct inspections of motor vehicles pursuant to section 7A of this chapter or section 142J or 142M of chapter 111 unless such person is licensed by the registrar. The registrar, in consultation with the commissioner of environmental prote…

Section 7X. The registrar and the commissioner shall designate specific referee stations and notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, may contract with public or private entities to design, implement and operate said referee stations throughout the commonwealth for th…

Section 7Y. The inspection of motor vehicles for emissions under section seven A shall be performed only by certified inspectors. The commissioner shall establish by rules and regulations for the certification and training of such inspectors and shall provide that certification n…

Section 7Z. The registrar, the commissioner, or their designees, may enter any licensed inspection station, or fleet inspection station, during regular business hours and may examine any records of such station for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of sections seven A, seve…

Section 8. Application for a license to operate motor vehicles may be made by any person except a person who has been licensed and whose license is not in force because of revocation or suspension or whose right to operate is suspended by the registrar; provided, however, that no…

Section 8A. Application for a license to be a school bus operator may be made by any person who shall have attained the age of eighteen years but who has not passed his seventieth birthday, except as otherwise provided herein, and who shall have been a duly licensed motor vehicle…

Section 8B. Any person who is at least sixteen years of age, excepting persons who have been licensed and whose licenses are not in force because of revocation or suspension, and persons whose right to operate is suspended by the registrar, may apply to the registrar for a learne…

Section 8C. There is hereby created in the registry a medical advisory board, consisting of the commissioner of the department of public health or his designee, who shall serve as chairman thereof, and fifteen members appointed by the registrar and approved by said commissioner, …

Section 8D. The registrar shall include in every notice of license and registration renewal, including an electronic renewal, sent to a person licensed to operate a motor vehicle under this chapter who has not previously made an anatomical gift through the donor registry under cl…

Section 8E. A person 14 years of age or older who does not have a valid license to operate a motor vehicle may make application to the registrar for an identification card to be issued under this section. Only a resident of the commonwealth shall be eligible to apply for an ident…

Section 8G. In the event an identification card issued pursuant to section eight E is lost, destroyed, mutilated, or a new name is acquired, the person to whom said card was issued shall obtain a duplicate card upon furnishing satisfactory proof of loss to the registrar and payme…

Section 8H. No person shall: (a) display, cause or permit to be displayed, or have in his possession, any canceled, fictitious, fraudulently altered, or fraudulently obtained identification card; (b) lend his identification card to any other person or knowingly permit the use the…

Section 8I. The identification card shall resemble in appearance, so far as is practicable, a license to operate motor vehicles. It shall adequately describe the registrant, and bear the following:—''Commonwealth of Massachusetts''—''identification card No. '', ''this card is pro…

Section 8J. Whenever a person after applying for and receiving an identification card acquires an address different from the address shown on the identification card issued to him, he shall, within thirty days thereafter, notify the registrar in writing of his old and new address…

Section 8K. When used in reference to an identification card ''cancellation'' means that an identification card is terminated without prejudice and shall be surrendered. Cancellation of a card may be made when such card has been issued through error when voluntarily surrendered t…

Section 8L. The registry of motor vehicles shall act as a ''registration agency'' as defined in section one of chapter fifty and shall perform all duties established under state and federal law therefor. Application forms and procedures used by the registry shall comply with the …

Section 8M. No person under 18 years of age shall hold in their hand or use a mobile telephone, hands-free mobile telephone or mobile electronic device while operating a motor vehicle on any public way. For the purposes of this section, a junior operator shall not be considered t…

Section 8N. The registry of motor vehicles shall permit a person submitting an application under sections 8, 8B or 8E of this chapter or section 34B of chapter 138 to designate ''X'', ''M'' or ''F'' for gender on an application for a driver's license, learner's permit, identifica…

Section 9. No person shall operate, push, draw or tow any motor vehicle or trailer, and the owner or custodian of such a vehicle shall not permit the same to be operated, pushed, drawn or towed upon or to remain upon any way except as authorized by section three, unless such vehi…

Section 9A. No person shall operate any motor vehicle, and the owner or custodian of a motor vehicle shall not permit the same to be operated with partitions, doors, windows or windshields of glass unless such glass is of a type known as safety glass. The term ''safety glass'', a…

Section 9B. The provisions of this chapter relative to the registration of motor vehicles and the display of number plates shall not apply to motor vehicles having registrations and displaying plates issued by the armed forces of the United States in foreign countries for vehicle…

Section 9C. Any person or business servicing multi-piece bus, trailer, tractor or truck rims, shall use a steel cage portable locking device, chains or an equivalent containing device in the inflation of tires on such rims. Any person or business servicing multi-piece bus, traile…

Section 9D. No person shall operate any motor vehicle upon any public way or upon any way to which the public shall have the right of access with any of the following affixed thereto: (1) a sign, poster or sticker on the front windshield, the side windows immediately adjacent to …