General Laws of Massachusetts - Chapter 90C Procedure for Motor Vehicle Offenses

• Massachusetts General Laws - Definitions - Chapter 90C, Section 1
  In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the following words shall have the following meanings:— “Appellate division”, in the case of the district and...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Citations and citation books - Chapter 90C, Section 2
  Each police chief shall issue citation books to each permanent full-time police officer of his department whose duties may or will include traffic duty or...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Citation issuing authority of campus police; record-keeping and data collection requirements - Chapter 90C, Section 2A
  The authority for police officers appointed by the trustees of the commonwealth’s state universities and community colleges under section 22 of chapter 15A to issue...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Issuance of citations; hearing; appeal; summons or warrant; complaint; trial; license or permit suspension - Chapter 90C, Section 3
  (A) (1) If a police officer observes or has brought to the officer’s attention the occurrence of a civil motor vehicle infraction, the officer may...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Criminal complaint; arrest without warrant; effect of conviction; access to records of offenders - Chapter 90C, Section 4
  Nothing in this chapter shall prevent a person other than a police officer from applying for a criminal complaint for an offense that constitutes a...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Citation not deemed writ - Chapter 90C, Section 5
  A citation issued pursuant to this chapter shall not be deemed a writ as comprehended under the provisions of Article V of Chapter VI of...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Printing and distribution of citation books; audit sheets - Chapter 90C, Section 6
  The registrar shall print citation books and distribute the same to each police chief, and shall obtain receipts therefor. Each police chief shall accept and...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Reciprocal and mutual agreements with other states - Chapter 90C, Section 7
  The registrar is hereby authorized to enter into reciprocal and mutual agreements with other states with regard to the interstate enforcement of motor vehicle violations...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Electronic communication between courts and registry - Chapter 90C, Section 7A
  The chief justice of the district court department and the registrar may jointly determine that any communication between the courts and the registry required to...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Construction of chapter - Chapter 90C, Section 8
  Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to supersede the powers and duties of the registrar as provided in chapter ninety.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Disposal of citation, copy or record of issuance - Chapter 90C, Section 9
  It shall be unlawful and official misconduct to dispose of a citation or copies thereof, or of the record of the issuance of same in...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Penalty for falsification or disposal of citation, copy or record of issuance - Chapter 90C, Section 10
  Whoever knowingly falsifies a citation or copies thereof or a record of the issuance of same, or disposes of such citation, copy, or record, in...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Severability - Chapter 90C, Section 11
  If any of the provisions of this chapter, or the application of such provision to any persons or circumstances, shall be held invalid, the remainder...

Last modified: September 11, 2015