Haverhill, MA

In the City of Haverhill, the Superintendent of Highways can declare a snow emergency banning parking for 48 hours on designated snow emergency routes in Schedule Q and limiting all…

In the City of Haverhill, commercial trucks and commercial vehicles 24 feet or longer or weighing three tons (6,000 pounds) or more cannot park overnight in any residential zoning…

In the City of Haverhill, boats, pickup campers, trailers and recreational vehicles cannot sit on any public way or public property for more than 24 hours within a 30-day period…

In the City of Haverhill, storing a dismantled, wrecked, junked or inoperative vehicle, or discarded auto parts, out in the open on private property is banned. The Building Inspector…

In the City of Haverhill, City Code § 240-24 bars parking any registered vehicle on a public street for more than one hour between 6:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. every night from November 15…

In the City of Haverhill, curb markings only count as official under City Code § 240-1 if the Chief of Police has authorized the painting and the Massachusetts Department of Public…

City Code § 240-20 bars parking anywhere in the City of Haverhill that would block traffic, obstruct pedestrians or create a hazard, including within intersections, on sidewalks and…

Haverhill requires commercial buildings to provide off-street loading docks sized under City Code § 6.1.6: the first space must be at least 12 feet wide, 35 feet long and 14 feet of…

In Haverhill, homeowners with one-, two- or three-family houses can only park in the front yard within the driveway or an adjacent backup strip, and paved surfaces there can't exceed…

Massachusetts adopts statewide EV-readiness requirements under the State Building Code (780 CMR) and Stretch Energy Code, mandating that new construction include EV-ready parking…

Massachusetts caps what a tow company can charge you after a nonconsensual tow. Under 220 CMR 272.03(1) the maximum charge for towing a passenger automobile up to five miles is $132.00…

Haverhill does not require microchips for every dog. City Code §§ 137-17C and 137-18B let the Chief of Police or Animal Control order microchip identification for a dog declared…

Haverhill does not ban any breed by name. Instead, City Code § 137-17 lets the Chief of Police declare an individual dog "dangerous" or "vicious" based on its conduct, then imposes…

Haverhill has no citywide mandatory spay/neuter law. City Code § 137-17C lets the Chief of Police order a declared dangerous or vicious dog spayed or neutered, with a medical exemption…

Feeding, catching, harassing or otherwise interfering with any wild bird, reptile, amphibian or mammal is banned in Haverhill's Conservation Areas under § 193-18A, covering Winnekenni…

In the City of Haverhill, the Board of Health controls whether residents can keep chickens, swine, goats or other domestic fowl and livestock, holding authority under City Code Section…

In the City of Haverhill, dogs may not leave their owner's property unless held firmly on a leash no longer than six feet, under City Code § 137-10. The rule exempts hunting or…

Massachusetts authorizes its chief apiary inspector to require registration of every bee colony kept in the commonwealth, with a fee capped at five dollars per registrant regardless of…

Massachusetts prohibits private possession of most exotic and wild animals statewide. MassWildlife regulates permits, and the list of prohibited species is uniform across the…

Animal cruelty including hoarding is criminalized statewide under M.G.L. Chapter 272 Section 77. Hoarding triggers welfare investigations and felony charges in severe cases.

Haverhill adopts the state Fire Prevention Code by reference under City Code § 150-2 and, under § 150-5, ties bulk liquefied petroleum gas storage limits to the Zoning Code and the…

City Code § 145-3 bars anyone from setting off fireworks in Haverhill except on days, hours and terms the Chief of Police sets by order of the City Council, and § 145-2 requires a…

In the City of Haverhill, the Fire Department charges set inspection fees before it will certify smoke detector and carbon monoxide detector compliance. City Code §§ 128-7 and 128-8…

In the City of Haverhill, anyone burning brush, leaves or agricultural debris outdoors needs a permit under City Code § 128-6.1. The first open burning permit each calendar year costs…

Massachusetts bans any open-air fire statewide unless the local forest warden or fire chief issues a permit good for no more than two days. Violators face a fine up to $500 plus the…

Haverhill bans operating a car stereo, radio or other sound-amplification device that creates unreasonable noise while a vehicle is moving or parked on a public way. A violation means…

In the City of Haverhill, City Code § 182-6 confines building erection, demolition, alteration, repair and excavation, including gravel-permit activity, to between 7:00 a.m. and 7:00…

In the City of Haverhill, City Code § 182-4 defines "unreasonable or excessive noise" using two numeric tests: sound measured above 50 dBA between 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., or above 70…

In the City of Haverhill, City Code §§ 182-9 through 182-11 flatly bar operating a loud amplification device or similar equipment in a motor vehicle on a public way, on any public way…

In the City of Haverhill, owners of dogs or other animals found by the Police Department or Animal Control Officer to bark excessively or make other unreasonable noise must stop it…

Massachusetts regulates aircraft noise statewide through 740 CMR 24.00, the Logan Airport Noise Abatement rule enforced by the Massachusetts Port Authority. It bars new, noisier…

In the City of Haverhill, City Code § 225-3 requires every swimming pool, whether newly built or already installed, to have a fence at least four feet high completely enclosing it…

In the City of Haverhill, the Building Inspector cannot issue a permit to erect or construct any swimming pool, public, semipublic or private, above ground or in-ground, under City…

In the City of Haverhill, one home occupation is allowed as of right in any dwelling under Zoning Code § 3.3.1 if it stays incidental to residential use, but a second occupation, extra…

In the City of Haverhill, an as-of-right home occupation under Zoning Code § 3.3.1(6) cannot generate any customer, pupil, or client trips at all, except for up to five music or art…

In the City of Haverhill, an as-of-right home occupation may show no exterior sign at all, while a special-permit home occupation under Zoning Code § 3.3.2(3) may add only a nameplate…

Massachusetts has no cottage food statute and no state cottage food licence. A home kitchen selling food is treated as a food establishment, and the permit comes from the local board…

Massachusetts preempts local zoning of family child care for up to six children under MGL c.28A and c.40A §3, requiring state EEC licensing and treating licensed homes as residential…

Massachusetts has no microenterprise home kitchen permit and no home restaurant category. The one route to serving cooked meals out of a private kitchen is the bed-and-breakfast branch…

In the City of Haverhill, outdoor watering is not restricted year-round, but once the Water Division declares a State of Water Supply Conservation, sprinklers, watering days and hours…

MGL Chapter 87 mandates a public hearing and tree warden approval before removing any public shade tree, with specific procedures protecting larger trees and creating statewide minimum…

Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 87 establishes statewide rules governing the trimming, pruning, and care of public shade trees, requiring a tree warden's authorization for cutting…

In the City of Haverhill, one accessory dwelling unit is allowed by right inside an existing single-family home or as an addition that meets setbacks, but an ADU built in a garage…

In the City of Haverhill, the owner of a lot with an accessory dwelling unit must live in either the principal home or the ADU, with temporary absences capped at six months. The rule…

In the City of Haverhill, an accessory dwelling unit and its principal home may only be rented for stays of 12 months or longer. Section 8.1.4 of the Zoning Ordinance bars any weekly…

In the City of Haverhill, a detached shed or accessory building in any residential or commercial district can occupy no more than 25% of the rear yard, must sit at least 20 feet from…

In the City of Haverhill, the Zoning Ordinance does not regulate an ordinary fence, wall or enclosure outside of specific listed exceptions, so most residential fences need no zoning…

In the City of Haverhill, retaining walls built as part of nonresidential, multifamily, or mixed-use site development cannot exceed six feet under City Code Section 255-6.3.3(3)(e)…

Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 49 establishes a statewide spite fence statute treating fences over six feet erected maliciously to annoy a neighbor as a private nuisance subject to…

Massachusetts law requires short-term rental operators to maintain at least $1,000,000 in liability insurance covering each rental, unless intermediary provides equal coverage.

Massachusetts imposes a statewide 5.7% room occupancy excise on short-term rentals, plus optional local and community impact fees collected uniformly through DOR.

In the City of Haverhill, the tenant or occupant (or owner if there is no tenant) of any building or lot abutting a sidewalk must clear snow within six hours after it stops falling…

Owners and lenders of vacant or foreclosing residential, commercial, or industrial property in the City of Haverhill must register with the Building Inspector, pay a $250 annual fee…

In the City of Haverhill, pedestrians must use a marked crosswalk whenever one exists within 300 feet, and anyone crossing outside a marked crosswalk elsewhere must yield the…

In the City of Haverhill, skateboards, roller skates and in-line skates are banned on sidewalks and streets along a defined downtown stretch from Railroad Square to White's Corner…

The City of Haverhill bans drinking or carrying an open container of alcohol on any public way, in parks and playgrounds, and on private land without the owner's consent under…

Haverhill bans smoking, vaping or otherwise consuming marijuana, medical marijuana or THC on any public way, park, playground or school ground under § 189-14. A first offense off…

In the City of Haverhill, City Code § 175-1 bars willfully obstructing foot traffic on any street or way the public may use, and makes it a separate offense to refuse a police…

The City of Haverhill bans smoking tobacco products at Tattersall Farm under Chapter 193's Conservation Areas rules and along the entire Bradford Rail Trail corridor. Violations in the…

In the City of Haverhill, any construction, development or redevelopment disturbing one acre or more of land and discharging to the City's storm sewer system needs a stormwater…

Anyone applying for a stormwater management permit in the City of Haverhill for a construction project disturbing an acre or more must submit an erosion and sedimentation control plan…

Placing a seasonal dock or mooring on the Merrimack River shoreline in the City of Haverhill requires City Council authorization and Harbormaster approval under Haverhill City Code §…

In the City of Haverhill, the Floodplain Overlay District covers every Zone A and Zone AE area shown on the Essex County FIRM dated July 8, 2025. Section 9.1 of the Zoning Ordinance…

In the City of Haverhill, where FEMA has not mapped a base flood elevation for a Zone A parcel, the building department must gather its own federal, state or other elevation and…

Massachusetts regulates all tidelands and coastal development statewide under Chapter 91 (MGL c.91) and 310 CMR 9.00, requiring state licenses for structures and fill in tidelands…

In the City of Haverhill, no one may place a fixture, structure, merchandise or vehicle on a sidewalk, street or highway without a permit from the City Council or, for state highways…

In the City of Haverhill, no sign, awning, marquee or similar structure may project into or over a public way without a revocable written permit from the City Council, under City Code…

In the City of Haverhill, sidewalks ordered built or completed by the City Council are constructed by the Highway Department, per City Code § 222-38, but abutting property owners pay…

Erecting, altering or repairing a building or structure in the City of Haverhill requires a permit from the Inspector of Buildings under Haverhill City Code § 120-5, issued only in…

The City of Haverhill's Inspector of Buildings must examine every building under construction, alteration, or reported as unsafe, and keep a full record of permits and inspections…

Plumbing work in the City of Haverhill requires a permit under the fee schedule set out in Haverhill City Code § 120-11.D, adopted under the authority of the Massachusetts State…

The City of Haverhill has adopted the Massachusetts Stretch Energy Code, 780 CMR Appendix 115.AA, as Haverhill City Code § 120-17, requiring new residential and commercial buildings to…

Haverhill adopts the National Electrical Code by ordinance under City Code § 141-1 and requires a written permit from the Inspector of Wires before any new wiring or alteration work…

In the City of Haverhill, properties are certified for combination smoke and carbon monoxide detector compliance through Fire Department inspections billed under City Code §§ 128-7 and…

The City of Haverhill's Fire Department charges a $100 annual fee for day-care and educational facilities under City Code § 128-8.4, part of the Fire Department Fees article. The fee…

In the City of Haverhill, City Code § 222-19(C) flatly bans erecting or maintaining a political banner across any street or way. The prohibition sits inside the same section that…

Haverhill's sign code bans any illuminated sign, in any district, from blinking, flashing, fluttering or otherwise changing its light intensity, brightness or color, and outlaws beacon…

Show window signs displayed with a merchandise display in Haverhill can't cover more than 25% of the window area they're viewed through, under City Code § 6.2.4(5). They fall into the…

Haverhill allows freeway-facing billboards, called nonaccessory signs, only by special permit in CH, CG, IP or BP districts under City Code § 6.2.10. They must be visible only from an…

Anyone holding a carnival, festival, fair or other outdoor public event in the City of Haverhill needs a license from the City Council under Haverhill City Code § 104-25. The…

Any funeral, procession or parade in Haverhill with 50 or more people or 20 or more vehicles needs a permit from the Chief of Police before using city streets. Road races carry their…

Teams and youth sports leagues that want to use Haverhill's city-owned ball fields for tournaments or a full season must pay a Recreation Department fee first. Haverhill City Code §§…

In the City of Haverhill, restaurants and cafes can serve food and drinks on adjacent public sidewalks under City Code § 222-67, but only with an annual permit from the License…

In the City of Haverhill, businesses in or near the Central Business District can convert curbside parking spaces into seasonal parklets under City Code § 222-86, but only with an…

City Code § 173-4 gives Haverhill's Board of Health charge of collecting and disposing of house dirt, ashes, waste and rubbish from estates, and § 173-5 requires that trash only be set…

In the City of Haverhill, once discarded newspapers or other recyclable material are placed near the curb for pickup, collection or recycling by the City or its designated contractor…

In the City of Haverhill, it is illegal to place or deposit paper, house dirt, ashes, filth or any refuse or rubbish on a public street or place, a private way or lot, or within five…

In the City of Haverhill, City Code § 173-5 sets the rules for setting out trash and recycling containers: receptacles may sit at the curb only on the City's scheduled collection day…

In the City of Haverhill, the Director of Natural Resources oversees and supervises the citywide recycling program under City Code Section 32-28, but curbside pickup of recycled items…

In the City of Haverhill, the Board of Health holds legal authority over household trash pickup under City Code § 173-4, setting the rules that govern collection of house dirt, ashes…

The City of Haverhill runs a Municipal Composting Program under Chapter 131 that takes brush, grass and leaves from residents at a Highway Department drop-off site. Individual…

In the City of Haverhill, commercial dumpsters, utility meters, mechanical units and loading areas built within the Waterfront District must be screened from pedestrian areas and the…

In the City of Haverhill, any company storing towed motor vehicles must hold a Massachusetts DPU towing license, obtain a separate License Commission license approved by the Mayor…

City Code § 167-1 requires a City Council license, issued by the City Clerk, to deal in junk, old metals or secondhand articles in Haverhill, with detailed recordkeeping, hours, and a…

Anyone operating as a pawnbroker, old-gold buyer or secondhand-goods dealer in Haverhill needs a City Council license under § 187-1, renewed every May 1. Fees run $100 a year for…

In the City of Haverhill, commercial auto repair or service is flatly barred as a residential accessory use under Zoning Code § 3.2.3, and even an as-of-right home occupation may not…

In the City of Haverhill, an adult use may operate only by special permit from the Board of Appeals and must sit at least 500 feet from any residential district and 1,000 feet from…

Haverhill requires any tattoo, piercing or other body art establishment to hold a permit from the Board of Health before opening. City Code § 11.0 defines body art to include piercing…

Massachusetts heavily restricts vape retail under M.G.L. c. 270 § 28, banning flavored vape products statewide and limiting flavored nicotine vape sales to licensed adult-only smoking…

Door-to-door solicitors, salespeople and canvassers in Haverhill must register with the Chief of Police and stop selling or soliciting after 8:00 p.m. under § 191-3. The City charges a…

Haverhill food trucks may only operate at sites the City Council approves through the truck's license, and § 191-30 flatly bars them from the Central Business District except at…

Operating a food truck in Haverhill requires a City Council license under § 191-29, at $50 per day the truck operates, capped at $500 per calendar year. Section 191-28 defines a food…

In the City of Haverhill, City Code § 175-2 closes Bradford Common, G.A.R. Park and Merrimack River Park to loitering between 8:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. (8:00 a.m. at Merrimack River…

In the City of Haverhill, City Code § 173-10 bars retail establishments from handing out single-use plastic checkout bags: every checkout bag given at the point of sale must be a…

Haverhill caps garage, yard and flea market sales at two sales for two consecutive days within any twelve-month period per address. City Code § 204-2 sets that limit and treats every…

In the City of Haverhill, Class 1, 2 and 3 electric pedal-assist bicycles are allowed inside the city's Conservation Areas, while Class 4 e-bikes are banned there outright. Haverhill…

Massachusetts treats a golf cart and a low-speed vehicle as different machines with different rights. A true golf cart may be driven on a public way only under one narrow carve-out in…

Before any Haverhill rental unit can be reoccupied, the owner or managing agent must have it inspected and secure a rental permit from the Board of Health. Haverhill City Code § 200-1…

Haverhill ties every rental permit to the state's Sanitary Code minimum standard of fitness for human habitation, not a separate city checklist. Under City Code § 200-1, the Board of…

For nonpayment of rent, Massachusetts requires a 14-day notice to quit under M.G.L. c. 186 § 11 (leases) or § 12 (tenancies at will). After the notice expires, the landlord must bring…

MGL Chapter 239 sets uniform statewide summary process eviction procedures for residential tenancies, establishing notice requirements, court process, and tenant defenses applicable in…

Massachusetts has no general statute requiring advance notice before a landlord enters. M.G.L. c. 186 § 15B(1)(a) instead limits when a lease may permit entry, to inspect, make…

Massachusetts strictly limits late fees. Under M.G.L. c. 186 § 15B(1)(c), no lease or rental agreement may impose any interest or penalty for late rent until the rent is at least 30…

To end a tenancy at will (month-to-month), Massachusetts requires written notice equal to one full rental period or 30 days, whichever is longer, under M.G.L. c. 186 § 12. Fixed-term…

Massachusetts prohibits rent control statewide. Voters abolished it through a 1994 ballot referendum codified as Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40P, the Massachusetts Rent Control Prohibition…

Massachusetts has one of the nation's strictest security deposit laws. A landlord may collect no more than one month's rent as a security deposit, must hold it in a separate…

Massachusetts requires 20 years of continuous adverse possession to claim title to land. Under M.G.L. c. 260 § 21, an action to recover land must be brought within 20 years after the…

Haverhill runs its rental inspections in two layers: a Board of Health inspection every time a unit turns over, required by City Code § 200-1 before a rental permit issues, and…

In the City of Haverhill, new nonresidential, multifamily, and mixed-use projects over 10,000 square feet or 10 units must meet dark-sky lighting standards under City Code Section…

City Code Section 255-6.3.3(1)(b) requires that direct glare or light overspill from covered developments in the City of Haverhill stay within the property's own boundaries. Fixtures…

Any illuminated sign or billboard in Haverhill must be shaded or directed so its brightness isn't objectionable to the surrounding area, and can't create a traffic hazard from direct…

In the City of Haverhill, new nonresidential, multifamily, and mixed-use developments must landscape with native and drought-tolerant species under City Code Section 255-6.3.1(3). The…

In the City of Haverhill, a developer of 10 or more units who provides affordable housing on-site under the city's inclusionary zoning rules can add one extra market-rate unit for…

Haverhill's Downtown Smart Growth Overlay District, City Code §§ 9.8.10-9.8.11, requires new downtown buildings to preserve view corridors to the Merrimack River, bans drive-through…

Haverhill's zoning code sorts solar installations into three permit tracks under City Code Section 255-7.8.3. Large-scale ground-mounted systems need a City Council special permit…

M.G.L. c. 184, § 23C makes void any provision in an instrument relative to the ownership or use of real property that purports to forbid or unreasonably restrict the installation or…

New nonresidential, multifamily, and mixed-use development in the City of Haverhill must plant street trees under City Code Section 255-6.3.3(3)(i). Deciduous trees drawn from the…

Massachusetts Scenic Roads Act protects trees and stone walls along designated scenic roads, requiring public hearing before any removal or alteration.

City Code Section 255-6.3.3(9) bars any permitted use in the City of Haverhill from creating conditions that breed rodents or insects, and separately bars discharges into sewers…

Haverhill has not opted out of adult-use marijuana. City Code § 9.7 confines every licensed marijuana establishment to a mapped Licensed Marijuana Establishment Overlay Zone and…

Outside the Waterfront District, City Code § 9.7.4 bars any licensed marijuana establishment from locating within 500 feet of a school, licensed child-care facility, public park or…

Massachusetts preempts local bans on personal cannabis cultivation under MGL c.94G §7, allowing adults 21+ to grow up to six plants per person and twelve per household statewide.

Massachusetts regulates structure heights near public-use airports statewide through the Aeronautics Division, requiring permits for tall structures that may obstruct navigable…

Massachusetts has no statewide omnibus drone statute, so recreational flying follows federal FAA rules. But across the roughly 450,000 acres the Department of Conservation and…

Massachusetts sets a statewide minimum wage of $15.00 per hour under MGL Chapter 151, and generally preempts cities from adopting higher local minimum wages.

Massachusetts provides paid family and medical leave through the PFML program under MGL Chapter 175M, plus paid sick time under the Earned Sick Time Law for most employees.

Massachusetts requires a License to Carry under MGL Chapter 140 Section 131 to carry concealed handguns, with applications processed by local police chiefs subject to suitability…

Massachusetts requires a valid License to Carry under MGL Chapter 140 Section 131 to transport loaded handguns in a vehicle, with strict storage rules applying to long guns and…

Beyond frost depth and snow load, the Massachusetts design criteria table sets weathering, termite risk, ice barrier, flood and air freezing index values that apply to every home built…

Massachusetts sets one frost line depth for the whole state: 48 inches. Footings must bear below that depth anywhere in the Commonwealth, and cities and towns do not set their own…

Massachusetts publishes a ground snow load for every one of its 351 cities and towns in a single state table, ranging from 25 psf on the Cape and Islands to 60 psf in the hill towns.

Massachusetts lists a minimum flat roof snow load for every city and town, and requires designers to use whichever is larger: that listed floor or the load calculated from the local…

The Expanded Gaming Act divides Massachusetts into three casino license regions and caps category 1 licenses at one per region. A resort casino can open only in a city or town that…

Massachusetts law bans commercial gambling but carves out G.L. c. 271 § 7A for nonprofit raffles and bazaars: veterans', religious, fraternal, educational, and civic groups that have…

Massachusetts bans gaming for money only in a public conveyance or public place, or in a private place where the player is trespassing. G.L. c. 271, § 2 does not reach cards, dice, or…

Massachusetts legalized sports wagering under G.L. c. 23N, with retail betting live January 31, 2023 and mobile apps following March 10, 2023. The Massachusetts Gaming Commission…

Massachusetts has no comprehensive HOA act. Condominium associations get a powerful statutory lien under M.G.L. c. 183A § 6 that carries a six-month super-priority over a first…

M.G.L. c. 183A, § 10(c) requires a Massachusetts condominium to keep a defined set of records up to date within the Commonwealth and to make them available for reasonable inspection by…

Massachusetts overrides some HOA and condo restrictions by statute. M.G.L. c. 184 § 23C voids deed covenants and condo-document provisions that forbid or unreasonably restrict solar…

Massachusetts gives owners an affirmative right to install electric vehicle supply equipment in their own unit or in a parking area they hold exclusive use of, and M.G.L. c. 183A, §…

Massachusetts gives a condominium's organization of unit owners express statutory power to levy fines, and attaches almost no conditions to it. M.G.L. c. 183A, § 10(b)(5) authorizes…

Massachusetts is not a UCIOA state, and its condominium lien rules sit in a home-grown statute, G.L. c. 183A, § 6. The lien attaches automatically when an assessment falls due and is…

Massachusetts runs the opposite way from states that cap association leasing bans. M.G.L. c. 64G, § 15 provides that nothing in the short-term rental chapter confers a right to lease…

The Massachusetts General Laws contain no sobriety checkpoint statute. A full-text search returns nothing for roadblock, roadblocks or sobriety checkpoint, and the single hit for…

Massachusetts has no statute granting a right to record police. It has G.L. c. 272, section 99, one of the strictest wiretap laws in the country, and the operative word in it is…

Massachusetts has no general stop-and-identify law reaching people on foot. The duty at G.L. c. 90, section 25 attaches only to a person operating or in charge of a motor vehicle, and…

Massachusetts has no clause saying lawful cannabis possession is not grounds for a search, unlike Michigan or Maryland. What it has instead is G.L. c. 276, section 1, which narrows…

Massachusetts protects agricultural land use through MGL Chapter 40A Section 3, exempting agriculture, horticulture, and floriculture from most local zoning restrictions on parcels of…

Massachusetts protects farms from nuisance lawsuits under M.G.L. c. 243 § 6: a farm operating more than one year using generally accepted agricultural practices cannot be found a…

Massachusetts requires purchasers of tobacco and vape products to be at least 21 years of age under MGL Chapter 270 Section 6, predating the 2019 federal Tobacco 21 law.

Massachusetts became the first state to ban all flavored tobacco products, including menthol cigarettes and flavored vapes, under M.G.L. c. 270 § 28, effective June 1, 2020.

Massachusetts bars any vehicle from mounting or displaying a flashing, rotating or oscillating light in any direction except under G.L. c. 90, section 7E, and section 7E hands out red…

Massachusetts has no dash camera statute, but G.L. c. 90, section 13B expressly permits a device to be mounted on or affixed to a vehicle windshield, dashboard or centre console so…

Lane splitting is illegal in Massachusetts. G.L. c. 89, § 4A tells the operator of a motorcycle that he shall not pass any other motor vehicle within the same lane, and the ban carries…

Massachusetts bans plate covers by naming the device rather than by regulating tint or reflectivity. G.L. c. 90, § 6 says number plates shall be kept clean with the numbers legible and…

Nothing in the Massachusetts General Laws prohibits a radar detector in a private car. A full-text search of the General Laws returns no hit at all for radar detector, speed measuring…

Massachusetts writes its studded tire rule as a ban on the warm half of the year rather than as a permission for winter. G.L. c. 90, § 16 makes it unlawful to operate a motor vehicle…

Massachusetts lets you put aftermarket film on the front side windows, the rear side windows and the rear window only if it transmits at least 35 per cent of visible light and reflects…