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MA Gen L ch 90d § 22 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 90d - Motor Vehicle Certificates of Title|Section 22 - Security Interest in Vehicle; Requirements of Owner, Lienholder and Subordinate Lienholder

Section 22. If an owner creates a security interest in a vehicle:—  (a) The owner shall immediately execute the application, in the space provided therefor on the certificate of title or on such separate form as the registrar shall prescribe, to name the lienholder on the certificate, showing the name and address of the lienholder and the date of his security agreement, and cause the certificate, application and the required fee to be mailed or delivered to the lienholder or, at the lienholder's request to the registrar.  (b) The lienholder shall immediately cause the certificate, application and the required fee to be mailed or delivered to the registrar.  (c) Upon request of the owner or subordinate lienholder, a lienholder in possession of the certificate of title shall either mail or deliver the certificate to the subordinate lienholder for delivery to the registrar or, upon receipt from the subordinate lienholder of the owner's application and the required fee, mail or deliver them to the registrar with the certificate. The delivery of the certificate does not affect the rights of the first lienholder under his security agreement.  (d) Upon receipt of the certificate of title, application and the required fee, the registrar shall either endorse on the certificate or issue a new certificate containing the name and address of the new lienholder, and mail the certificate to the first lienholder named in it.
MA Gen L ch 90d § 23 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 90d - Motor Vehicle Certificates of Title|Section 23 - Assignment, Etc. of Security Interest in Vehicle; Liability of Lienholder; Assignee's Rights

Section 23. (a) A lienholder may assign, absolutely or otherwise, his security interest in the vehicle to a person other than the owner without affecting the interest of the owner or the validity of the security interest, but any person without notice of the assignment is protected in dealing with the lienholder as the holder of the security interest and the lienholder remains liable for any obligations as lienholder until the assignee is named as lienholder on the certificate.  (b) It is not necessary for the assignee to have the certificate of title endorsed or issued with the assignee named as lienholder in order to continue the perfected status of the security interest against creditors of and transferees from the owner. The assignee may, however, have the certificate of title endorsed or issued with the assignee named as lienholder, upon delivering to the registrar the certificate and an assignment by the lienholder named in the certificate in the form the registrar prescribes.
MA Gen L ch 90d § 24 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 90d - Motor Vehicle Certificates of Title|Section 24 - Satisfaction of Security Interest in Vehicle

Section 24. Upon the satisfaction of a security interest in a vehicle for which the certificate of title is in the possession of the lienholder, the lienholder shall, within three days after demand and, in any event, within ten days, execute a release of his security interest, in the space provided therefor on the certificate or as the registrar shall prescribe, and mail or deliver the certificate and release to the next lienholder named therein, or, if none, to the owner or any person who delivers to the lienholder an authorization from the owner to receive the certificate.  Upon the satisfaction of a security interest in a vehicle for which the certificate of title is in the possession of a prior lienholder, the lienholder whose security interest is satisfied shall within three days execute a release in such form as the registrar shall prescribe and deliver the release to the owner, or to any person who delivers to the lienholder an authorization from the owner to receive it. The lienholder in possession of the certificate of title shall either deliver the certificate to the owner, or the person authorized by him for delivery to the registrar, or, upon receipt of the release, mail or deliver it with the certificate to the registrar, who shall release the subordinate lienholder's rights on the certificate or issue a new certificate.  If the payment in satisfaction of the security interest is in cash or by certified check, cashier's check, teller's check, intra-bank or inter-bank transfer of funds, or an electronic transfer of funds, the payment shall be considered cleared immediately upon receipt by a lienholder.
MA Gen L ch 90d § 25 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 90d - Motor Vehicle Certificates of Title|Section 25 - Disclosure of Information by Lienholder

Section 25. A lienholder named in a certificate of title shall, upon written request of the owner or of another lienholder named on the certificate, disclose any pertinent information as to his security agreement and the indebtedness secured by it.
MA Gen L ch 90d § 26 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 90d - Motor Vehicle Certificates of Title|Section 26 - Exclusiveness of Method of Perfecting Security Interests

Section 26. The method provided in this chapter of perfecting and giving notice of security interests in vehicles for which certificates of title are issued, or are required to be issued, under this chapter is exclusive.
MA Gen L ch 90d § 27 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 90d - Motor Vehicle Certificates of Title|Section 27 - Suspension or Revocation of Certificate of Title

Section 27. The registrar shall suspend or revoke a certificate of title, upon notice and reasonable opportunity to be heard in accordance with section thirty, when authorized by any other provision of law, or if he finds that the certificate of title was fraudulently procured or erroneously issued, or that the vehicle has been scrapped, dismantled or destroyed. Suspension or revocation of a certificate of title shall not, in itself, affect the validity of a security interest noted on it. When the registrar suspends or revokes a certificate of title, the owner or person in possession of it shall, immediately upon receiving notice of the suspension or revocation, mail or deliver the certificate to the registrar. The registrar may seize and impound any certificate of title which has been suspended or revoked.
MA Gen L ch 90d § 28 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 90d - Motor Vehicle Certificates of Title|Section 28 - Registrar's Fees

Section 28. The registrar shall collect fees, as determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven, for the following: (1) For filing an application for a first certificate of title, a certificate of title after a transfer, or a salvage title; (2) For each assignment of a security interest, or an addition of a lienholder; (3) For a duplicate, amended or corrected certificate of title; (4) For a certificate of search of its record for each name or identifying number searched against; and (5) For affixing a new identifying number to a vehicle. Vehicles owned by the commonwealth or any political subdivision thereof, used solely for official business, shall be exempt from the payment of fees provided by this chapter.
MA Gen L ch 90d § 29 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 90d - Motor Vehicle Certificates of Title|Section 29 - Forms Prescribed and Provided by Registrar; Rules and Regulations; Assignment of Persons Subject to Civil Service to Administer This Chapter

Section 29. The registrar shall prescribe and provide suitable forms of applications, certificates of title, notices of security interests and all other notices and forms necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter. The registrar may make necessary investigations to procure information required to carry out the provisions of this chapter, adopt and enforce reasonable rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of this chapter, and assign or affix a new identifying number to a vehicle if it has none, or its identifying number is destroyed or obliterated, or its motor is changed, and shall either issue a new certificate of title showing the new identifying number or make an appropriate indorsement on the original certificate.  Officers and employees engaged in carrying out the provisions of this chapter shall be exempt from the provisions of chapter thirty-one; provided, however, that officers or employees who are subject to said chapter thirty-one may be assigned by the registrar to assist in the administration of the provisions of this chapter whenever he deems it to be necessary. Nothing in this paragraph shall be deemed to authorize any person engaged to carry out the provisions of this chapter to be assigned to or be employed in any office or position subject to said chapter thirty-one.
MA Gen L ch 90d § 30 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 90d - Motor Vehicle Certificates of Title|Section 30 - Review of Ruling or Decision of Registrar

Section 30. Any person aggrieved by a ruling or decision of the registrar under this chapter shall be entitled to review thereof in accordance with the provisions of section twenty-eight of chapter ninety.
MA Gen L ch 90d § 31 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 90d - Motor Vehicle Certificates of Title|Section 31 - Liability of Registrar or Commonwealth

Section 31. Nothing contained in this chapter shall be deemed to impose any liability whatsoever upon the registrar of motor vehicles or upon the commonwealth for any damage which may result from, or be connected with, any act or omission in the issuance of any certificate of title, or in the failure to issue any such certificate.
MA Gen L ch 90d § 32 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 90d - Motor Vehicle Certificates of Title|Section 32 - Punishment

Section 32. (a) Whoever falsely makes, alters, forges, or counterfeits a certificate of title or salvage title; or alters or forges an assignment of a certificate of title or salvage title, or supporting documents, or an assignment or release of a security interest on a certificate of title or a form the registrar prescribes; or has possession of or uses a certificate of title or salvage title, knowing it to have been altered, forged, or counterfeited; or uses a false or fictitious name or address, or makes a material false statement or fails to disclose a security interest, or conceals any other material fact, in an application for a certificate of title or salvage title; or supporting documents, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than five years, or in a jail or house of correction for not more than two years, or both.  (b) Whoever permits another not entitled thereto, to use or have possession of a certificate of title or salvage title or fails to mail or deliver a certificate of title, salvage title or application therefor to the registrar within ten days after the time required by this chapter, or whoever fails to deliver to the transferee or the registrar a certificate of title or salvage title within ten days after the time required by this chapter, or violates any other provision of the chapter, except as provided for in paragraph (a), shall be punished by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment in a jail or house of correction for not more than six months, or both.  (c) Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b), a lienholder who is found to be in violation of section 24 in accordance with the procedures set forth in section 24A shall be punished by a fine of not less than $500 for a first offense. For each successive violation, the fine shall not be less than $1,000 nor more than $2,000; but, if the lienholder has been cited and punished by the registrar for noncompliance 5 or more times in the preceding 12 month period, the penalty shall not be less than $5,000 for each subsequent offense.
MA Gen L ch 90d § 33 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 90d - Motor Vehicle Certificates of Title|Section 33 - Theft, Conversion or Recovery of a Vehicle, Report; Dealers' Charge for Certificates Procured

Section 33. A police officer, as defined in section one of chapter ninety C, who learns of the theft of a vehicle not since recovered, or of the recovery of a vehicle whose theft or conversion he knows or has reason to believe has been reported to the registrar, shall forthwith report the theft or recovery to the registrar. The registrar shall maintain a record of stolen, converted, recovered and unclaimed vehicles reported to it under this section.  An owner or a lienholder may report the theft of a vehicle or its conversion if a crime, to the registrar, but the registrar may disregard the report of a conversion unless a warrant has been issued for the arrest of a person charged with the conversion. A person who has so reported the theft or conversion of a vehicle shall, forthwith after learning of its recovery, report the recovery to the registrar.  Dealers who procure, or assist purchasers to procure, certificates of title for vehicles sold by them, may charge the purchasers for such services not more than five dollars for each transaction.
MA Gen L ch 90d § 34 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 90d - Motor Vehicle Certificates of Title|Section 34 - Previously Registered Vehicle, Defined

Section 34. A ''previously registered vehicle'' means a vehicle registered by the registrar when this chapter takes effect or a vehicle whose last registration before this chapter takes effect was by the registrar.
MA Gen L ch 90d § 35 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 90d - Motor Vehicle Certificates of Title|Section 35 - Application of Chapter to Previously Registered Vehicle

Section 35. This chapter shall not apply to a previously registered vehicle until: (a) there is a change in the ownership thereof, after this chapter takes effect; or, (b) the registrar issues a certificate of title for the vehicle; or, (c) the owner creates a security interest in the vehicle, after this chapter takes effect; or, (d) September first, nineteen hundred and eighty-two; or (e) until owner fails to renew registration of a nontitled motor vehicle within one year after expiration.
MA Gen L ch 90d § 36 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 90d - Motor Vehicle Certificates of Title|Section 36 - Previously Registered Vehicle; Undisclosed Security Interest; Distinctive Certificate

Section 36. If the registrar questions the existence of undisclosed security interests, created before this chapter takes effect, in a previously registered vehicle, he may, in addition to the provisions of section ten, issue a distinctive certificate of title of the vehicle containing the legend: ''For Registration Purposes Only. This vehicle may be subject to an undisclosed lien'' and any other information the registrar prescribes.
MA Gen L ch 90d § 37 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 90d - Motor Vehicle Certificates of Title|Section 37 - Perfection of Security Interest Created Prior to Effective Date of This Chapter; Law Applicable

Section 37. The perfection of a security interest, created prior to the date this chapter takes effect, shall be governed by the provisions of chapter one hundred and six, until a certificate of title is issued naming the secured party as lienholder therein.
MA Gen L ch 90d § 38 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 90d - Motor Vehicle Certificates of Title|Section 38 - Validity of Certificate Issued Prior to Certain Dates

Section 38. Nothing contained in this chapter shall be deemed to impair the validity of any certificate of registration issued by the registrar prior to September first, nineteen hundred and seventy-two or within a period of two years next following said date, regardless of the validity or invalidity of any certificate of title issued in connection therewith.
MA Gen L ch 90e § 1 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 90e - Bikeways|Section 1 - Definitions

Section 1. Wherever used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the following words or terms shall have the following meanings:—  ''Bicycle'', a two-wheel nonmotor-powered vehicle.  ''Bike path'', a route for the exclusive use of bicycles separated by grade or other physical barrier from motor traffic.  ''Bike lane'', a lane on a street restricted to bicycles and so designated by means of painted lines, pavement coloring or other appropriate markings.  ''Bike route'', a roadway shared by both bicycles and other forms of transportation designated by the means of signs or pavement markings.  ''Bikeway'', bike paths, bike lanes and bike routes.  ''Bicycle parking facility'', any facility for the temporary storage of bicycles which allows the frame and both wheels of the bicycle to be locked so as to minimize the risk of theft and vandalism.  ''Department'', the division of highways.  ''Commissioner'', the administrator for highways.
MA Gen L ch 90e § 2a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 90e - Bikeways|Section 2a - Accommodation of Bicycle and Pedestrian Traffic in Construction Projects

Section 2A. The commissioner shall make all reasonable provisions for the accommodation of bicycle and pedestrian traffic in the planning, design, and construction, reconstruction or maintenance of any project undertaken by the department. Such provisions that are unreasonable shall include, but not be limited to, those which the commissioner, after appropriate review by the bicycle program coordinator, determines would be contrary to acceptable standards of public safety, degrade environmental quality or conflict with existing rights of way.
MA Gen L ch 90e § 3 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 90e - Bikeways|Section 3 - Funding; Expenditures; Federal Funds

Section 3. The commissioner shall expend for the purpose of assisting counties, cities and towns to construct bikeways for commuter or recreational use, and for the construction of unique regional bikeways and bicycle parking facilities, such funds as are appropriated or authorized by the general court for such purpose, and payment shall be made to the county or city or town upon application to the commissioner on the basis of criteria established by him.  Funds made available for the construction of bikeways shall be expended as follows:  (a) Seventy-five per cent of the costs for bikeways, the balance of the costs to be borne by the city or town in which said bikeways are located.  (b) Fifty per cent for the cost of constructing a bicycle parking facility at or adjacent to a mass transit facility, the balance of the costs to be borne by the city or town where said bicycle parking facility is to be constructed.  (c) One hundred per cent for the cost of unique regional bikeways and bicycle parking facilities, as determined by the commissioner.  The department is hereby authorized and directed to take all steps necessary to obtain federal funds that may be available for the construction of bikeways and said funds shall be credited to the Federal Highway Construction Program Fund.
MA Gen L ch 90f § 2 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 90f - Uniform Operation of Commercial Motor Vehicles Act|Section 2 - Single Commercial Driver License; Licensing by Other Jurisdictions

Section 2. Any person who operates a commercial motor vehicle shall not have more than one license to operate a motor vehicle except during the ten day period beginning on the date the person is issued a license to so operate.  Each applicant for a commercial driver license shall certify to the registrar that he does not have a commercial driver license from more than 1 jurisdiction. Each applicant also shall indicate to the registrar the name of all states in which he has been licensed to drive any type of motor vehicle during the 10 years preceding the date of application.
MA Gen L ch 90f § 3 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 90f - Uniform Operation of Commercial Motor Vehicles Act|Section 3 - Notification of Registrar; Traffic Control Convictions; Notification of Employer; License Suspensions and Previous Employment

Section 3. A. Notification of convictions. Any operator of a commercial motor vehicle holding a license to operate issued by the commonwealth, who is convicted of violating any state law or local ordinance relating to motor vehicle traffic control, in any other state or Canadian Province other than parking violations, shall notify the registrar of motor vehicles.  Any driver of a commercial motor vehicle holding a driver license issued by the commonwealth, who is convicted of violating any state law or local ordinance relating to motor vehicle traffic control in this or any other state or Canadian Province, other than parking violations, shall notify his or her employer in writing of the conviction within thirty days of the date of conviction.  B. Notification of suspensions, revocations and cancellations. Each driver whose driver license is suspended, revoked, or cancelled by any state, who loses the privilege to drive a commercial motor vehicle in any state for any period, or who is disqualified from driving a commercial motor vehicle for any period, shall notify his employer of that fact before the end of the business day following the day the driver received notice of that fact.  C. Notification of previous employment. Each person who applies to be a commercial motor driver must provide the following information for the ten years preceding the date of application.  A list of the names and addresses of the applicant's previous employers for which the applicant was a driver of a commercial motor vehicle; the dates between which the applicant drove for each employer; and the reason for leaving that employer. The applicant must certify that all information furnished is true and complete. An employer may require an applicant to provide additional information.