Revere, MA

Revere bars sounding a vehicle horn or signaling device except as a danger warning, and separately bars repairing, rebuilding or testing a motor vehicle, motorcycle or motorboat loudly…

Revere caps outdoor noise with a Single Number Equivalent limit measured at the property's lot line under Table 9.08.090: 60 dB(A) by day and 50 dB(A) at night in residential…

Revere restricts outdoor use of lawn and garden tools, including leaf blowers, to 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday, with no operation allowed on Sundays or holidays. The…

Revere limits construction, drilling and demolition noise to 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday, and bars it entirely on Sundays and holidays under the city's noise…

Revere bans running a radio, musical instrument, sound amplifier, loudspeaker or public address system so loudly that it is plainly audible from the building, structure, vehicle or…

Barking dogs addressed under Revere Code Title 6 (Animals) and general nuisance provisions. Excessive barking complaints handled by Revere Animal Control. Dogs must be licensed…

Revere enforces noise complaints under Title 9 (Public Peace, Safety & Welfare) of its Code of Ordinances. No published single decibel limit; enforcement uses MassDEP 310 CMR 7.10…

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…

Revere caps every short-term rental at six months total per calendar year. Municipal Code § 8.09.020 defines a short-term rental as a stay of fewer than thirty days that, added up…

Revere limits how many people can stay overnight in a short-term rental. Municipal Code § 8.09.030(B) caps occupancy at two persons per bedroom, not counting children under twelve who…

Every Revere short-term rental pays a $300 annual registration fee plus the state room-occupancy excise and a locally set community impact fee before it can operate lawfully.

Every Revere short-term rental operator must hand renters a written notice barring noise and disturbances that break the peace, tied to the city's general nuisance ordinance, before…

Revere only allows short-term rentals on properties where the operator actually lives. Municipal Code § 8.09.030(A) permits short-term rental solely of a primary residence unit or an…

Renting out a bedroom or an attached apartment inside your own Revere home, reached through your own front door, is not a short-term rental at all under Municipal Code § 8.09.015(A)…

A Revere short-term rental loses its right to operate for good once it racks up three violation findings in a single year, whether for noise, trash, disorderly conduct or any health…

Revere's Short-Term Rental Ordinance (Revere Code Chapter 8.09, adopted by City Council August 24, 2020) does not impose a STR-specific parking ratio. Off-street parking for the…

Before listing a property, a Revere short-term rental operator must register with the short-term rental enforcement office, pay a three-hundred-dollar annual fee, and pass an…

Revere will not register a short-term rental without proof of liability coverage. Municipal Code § 8.09.040(A)(5) requires a valid insurance binder showing liability limits of at least…

Revere runs a city-wide resident parking sticker program under Chapter 10.34 that reserves overnight street parking for residents. Signs posted at the city's main entrances put the…

Revere bans overnight parking of commercial vehicles, trailers, RVs, mobile homes, boat trailers and dealer/repair/transporter-plated vehicles on any city street between 8:00 p.m. and…

Every driveway and parking area in Revere subject to vehicle or foot traffic must be paved with bituminous concrete or an equivalent hard surface and properly drained, not left as…

Revere calls its curbside loading areas 'service zones' and limits parking there to fifteen minutes, extending to thirty minutes only while a vehicle is actively loading or unloading…

Revere's superintendent of public works can declare a snow emergency whenever weather threatens travel, fuel, medical, fire or police access, triggering parking bans on designated…

Revere requires a resident parking sticker to park on most city streets overnight. Under the city's Schedule IX enforcement rule, streets not listed for 24-hour enforcement are subject…

Revere bars parking within three feet of a driveway, within ten feet of a fire hydrant, within twenty feet of an intersection, on sidewalks and crosswalks, and more than six inches…

Revere bars parking commercial vehicles, mobile homes, recreational vehicles and boat trailers on any city street between 8:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m., and all day on Sundays, under City…

Abandoned vehicles on Revere's public ways governed by state law MGL c. 90 §22C (72-hour rule). Revere's active overnight parking enforcement (12 AM–6 AM) makes street abandonment…

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…

In Revere, a fence counts as a regulated 'structure' under the zoning code, so no fence may be built, altered or used until the building inspector issues a permit. The zoning ordinance…

In Revere's residential zoning districts, no fence, wall, hedge or sign can rise above three feet within the sight-triangle at a street intersection, measured twenty feet back along…

Revere's zoning table bans barbed wire and any fence with pointed ends across eleven of the city's districts, covering every residential zone (RA, RA1, RB, RB1, RC, RC1, RC2, RC3) plus…

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…

Revere allows accessory dwelling units in its RA, RA1, RB and RB1 districts, capped at 900 square feet or half the principal home's floor area, whichever is smaller. A detached ADU…

Revere's zoning ordinance flatly bars renting out an accessory dwelling unit as a short-term rental, cross-referencing the city's separate short-term rental licensing chapter to close…

A backyard shed, detached garage or other accessory structure in Revere cannot exceed one story or fifteen feet in most districts, and industrial-district accessory buildings top out…

Garage conversions in Revere require a building permit and zoning compliance. Under the MA Affordable Homes Act (2025), garage conversions are a protected ADU type allowed by right in…

A Revere home occupation cannot change how the property looks from a residence to a commercial storefront. Section 17.44.060 bars any sign, along with color, pattern, material…

Revere allows a family child care home as of right in nearly every residential and business district, from RA and RB through GB1, CB and the PDD overlays, without a special permit. The…

Revere limits how much traffic a home occupation can pull into a residential street. Section 17.44.070 bars generating traffic volumes greater than would normally be expected in a…

Revere allows a defined list of home occupations, from tailors to lawyers' offices to licensed family child care, inside any dwelling that is the operator's bona fide residence…

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 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…

Revere allows honey bees on residential lots, but caps each property at two colonies, limits any freestanding hive to 20 cubic feet and 5 feet in height, and keeps hives out of front…

Revere requires dogs under control at all times (MGL c.140 §157). Dog licensing required through city/town clerk (MGL c.140 §155). Rabies vaccination mandatory.

Revere Municipal Code Section 6.03.010 bars feeding, baiting, or leaving food that attracts wild animals or birds anywhere in the city, public or private land alike. Residents told by…

Revere Municipal Code Section 6.03.020 permits feeding songbirds and other backyard birds on private property, but only from an elevated feeder, never by scattering food on the ground…

Revere Municipal Code Section 6.02.010 bans keeping any chicken, rooster, duck, goose or fowl in the city, with fines of $100 for a first offense and $300 after. Section 6.02.020…

Exotic pets in Massachusetts regulated under 321 CMR 9.01. Most wild animals prohibited without a license; MassWildlife does NOT issue personal pet licenses. Exempt species include…

Massachusetts state law expressly preempts municipalities from regulating dogs based on breed. Local breed-specific bans are void under state statute.

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.

Revere classes a swimming pool as a "structure," so it needs a building permit before it goes in the ground. Section 17.48.010 bars building, altering or using any structure without an…

Revere Municipal Code Section 17.24.170 requires all swimming pools to be enclosed on all sides by a 6-foot barrier with self-locking gates, exceeding the Massachusetts state minimum.

Revere bans any outdoor fire, from a barrel to an outdoor fireplace, without a written permit from the fire chief, and forbids burning wood, debris, branches or grass outright.

All consumer fireworks are illegal in Massachusetts under MGL c. 148 §39, including sparklers. Revere Code Title 9 Ch. 9.24 addresses fireworks/holidays. No consumer fireworks…

Revere may require vegetation management for fire safety. MA does not have a statewide defensible space mandate. Local property maintenance applies.

Massachusetts requires a state fire marshal license and local fire chief permit to store flammable gases including propane above specified threshold quantities.

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…

Revere's city council ordered the mayor to build a subsidized curbside composting program, with pickup at least as often as trash and fee waivers for low-income and senior residents.

Revere has no standing lawn-watering schedule; instead Section 13.04.121 lets the superintendent of public works declare a water usage emergency and restrict or shut off water citywide…

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…

Revere allows overflow trash at curbside only on the first collection after six named holidays, and lets residents drop overflow trash at the city yard on the second and fourth…

Revere requires an e-permit before curbside pickup of bulky items or white goods, or a fee-based drop-off at the city yard on the second and fourth Saturday of the month.

Revere issues one trash cart per unit and limits curbside placement to a narrow window: no earlier than 3 p.m. the day before pickup and no later than 7 a.m. on collection day, per a…

Revere makes curbside recycling mandatory for all properties, requires a city-issued brown bin, and refuses to collect a bin containing non-recyclable or improperly prepared material.

Revere requires trash receptacles to sit near the rear or side yard, out of public view, and secured against animals between collections, and bans leaving trash bags directly on the…

Revere collects yard waste curbside twice a month from April through November, but only if it is separated from trash and recycling and bagged in paper or open plastic barrels.

Revere bans throwing or placing dirt, filth, garbage, rubbish, shavings, refuse or waste of any kind into any street, public place, catch basin, sewer drain or drainage ditch…

Revere Municipal Code Section 8.04.011 requires any dumpster or compactor exposed to public access or view to sit inside a four-sided enclosure, fence, facade, or screen that blocks…

Revere requires trash to be stored in a rodent-proof, watertight receptacle near the rear or side yard until curbside pickup, and bans placing bagged trash on the ground without…

Revere secondhand dealers and collectors need a license from the license commission and may not pay more than $40 cash per transaction or accept goods on consignment. The commission…

Massage establishments licensed under Chapter 140, Section 51 of the Massachusetts General Laws must follow two Revere-specific rules: no masseur or masseuse may perform massage or…

Revere's zoning code puts vehicle repair on the short list of home occupations it prohibits outright. Section 17.44.030 bars repair and painting of automobiles, trailers, boats or…

Revere allows tattoo and body art establishments only in the TED district and only by special permit from the city council, with a 500-foot buffer from schools, parks, playgrounds…

Revere confines every adult entertainment establishment, adult bookstore, adult video store, adult motion picture theater and adult advertising sign to the TED district, and only then…

When Revere police order a vehicle towed from a public way under the city's tow-away authority, Revere Municipal Code § 10.44.010 caps the towing, storage, and administrative fees a…

Any retailer selling tobacco or electronic cigarettes over the counter or through vending machines in Revere needs a tobacco sales and location permit from the Board of Health. The…

Revere caps pawnbroker licenses at one for every 10,000 residents and runs each license from May 1 to April 30. Every licensee must post a $300 bond and comply with Chapter 140 of the…

Revere's public parks are open from 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. under the city code, part of a 2019 ordinance package that also bans alcohol, controlled substances, weapons and smoking in…

Revere bars anyone under sixteen from streets, parks and other public places after 9:30 p.m. under City Code Section 9.16.010. Exceptions cover minors with a parent, guardian or other…

Revere prohibits every type of non-medical marijuana establishment citywide, including cultivators, testing labs, product manufacturers and retailers, under an opt-out ordinance passed…

Revere's zoning table keeps medical marijuana treatment centers 400 feet from residential uses, parks, playgrounds, schools and religious buildings, measured from the center's own…

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.

Every food truck operating in Revere must hold a license from the license commission under Municipal Code Section 5.10.030. Operators pay a $125 application fee plus a $500 annual fee…

Revere confines licensed food trucks to the zoning districts listed in Section 17.16.040 of the code, unless operating under a separate special-events permit. Trucks may not set up…

Revere bans motorized scooters and motorized skateboards from every public way, street, sidewalk and any city-owned property under City Code Section 10.16.171. The ban targets powered…

Revere requires pedestrians to use a marked crosswalk when one exists within 300 feet and an officer, traffic signal, or the crosswalk itself controls the crossing point. Anyone who…

Revere bans drinking alcoholic beverages on any public way, park, playground, or private land open to public access, without the property owner's consent, under Section 9.04.040…

Revere bars smoking, ingesting or otherwise using marijuana or tetrahydrocannabinol on any street, sidewalk, park, beach, parking lot, or other place accessible to the public, with a…

Revere bars loitering or sauntering on the steps, portico or approach of any public building, school, house of worship or public hall when it interferes with public safety, comfort or…

Revere bans smoking in any public park or other public place under the city's control, defining smoking broadly to include lighted or vaporized substances and marijuana used for…

Every Revere rental unit must pass a Board of Health inspection before a new occupant moves in. Municipal Code § 8.08.010 requires the owner or agent to request the inspection by…

Anyone organizing or joining a parade or procession that would take over a Revere street to the exclusion of other users needs a written permit from the chief of police first, under…

Restaurants in Revere cannot serve food or alcohol outside their licensed premises without written License Commission approval expanding that license into the public way. Section…

Revere exempts a reasonable charcoal or briquette cookout fire from its outdoor-fire permit requirement, so long as it burns in an approved receptacle with proper precautions.

Revere's zoning code requires every fast-food, take-out and drive-in restaurant to shield its lighting fixtures from streets and adjoining properties. The rule sits inside Section…

Revere requires every digital sign, including a digital billboard approved by special permit, to go dark overnight. Section 17.36.035 bars illumination between 11:00 p.m. and sunrise…

Revere has no single citywide dark-sky ordinance, but its zoning code requires lighting for loading docks to be aimed away from homes and streets, and repeats similar shielding rules…

Revere's sign code bans posting or affixing any notice, sign, advertisement or bill, political material included, to a utility pole, fence, wall, building, tree or ledge without the…

Revere bans digital signs outright in every residential, general business, downtown and industrial district, reserving them for a narrow special-permit lane in the Highway Business and…

Revere caps window signage at thirty-five percent of the glass area per window. Section 17.36.070 permits signs painted or placed on the inside of window glass without a separate sign…

Revere bans posting garage and yard sale signs on public property, trees, and light or telephone poles, and the free permit required for every sale must itself list the applicable…

Revere bans food establishments from serving prepared food in polystyrene, PVC or PET containers, and bans retail establishments from selling polystyrene food service ware or foam…

Revere requires food establishments that use disposable takeout containers, cups, lids or utensils to choose biodegradable, compostable, reusable or recyclable materials, and bans…

Revere's 2022 food-ware ordinance bans polystyrene, PVC and PET food service ware, but it expressly carves straws out of that ban. Section 8.04.100(C)(4) states straws are allowed and…

Revere bars every retail establishment, from restaurants to pharmacies to grocery and liquor stores, from handing customers a disposable plastic shopping bag at checkout. Stores may…

Revere requires owners of vacant commercial or residential buildings to register with the Department of Municipal Inspections within 30 days and pay an annual fee that climbs from $500…

Revere Municipal Code Section 8.04.021 makes it a health code violation for any landowner to let the exterior of real property sit in an unclean and unsanitary condition, including…

Property owners in Revere must clear snow and slush from the sidewalk abutting their land within 24 hours after a snowfall ends, opening a path at least 36 inches wide. Ice gets the…

Revere bans illicit discharges and connections into its municipal storm drain system under Municipal Code Chapter 13.10. The Department of Public Works and Department of Municipal…

Revere does not set its own freeboard number: the actual elevation standard for new construction comes from the state building code. Locally, Section 17.46.050 requires city staff to…

Revere does not license dock construction, but anyone setting a mooring in city waters must get a harbormaster's permit first. The harbormaster approves the exact anchorage or mooring…

Revere requires a permit before any construction or development in its Floodplain Overlay District, which covers FEMA Zones A, AE, AH, AO, A99, V and VE under the July 3, 2024 Flood…

Revere requires an approved erosion and sediment control plan before any land-disturbing construction activity crosses set thresholds, under Municipal Code § 13.10.020. Grading or…

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…

Revere Municipal Code § 15.04.020 bars the plumbing, gas, and electrical inspectors from issuing a permit until the applicant pays the fee to the city collector under the schedule set…

Revere adopted the Massachusetts Stretch Energy Code, 780 CMR Appendix 115.AA, as its own local requirement effective January 1, 2012, under Municipal Code § 15.04.151. The building…

Revere requires an outside electrical disconnection device on new construction, substantial renovations, service alterations, and occupancy changes under Municipal Code § 15.04.155…

In Revere, the building inspector examines plans, buildings and premises to check zoning-title compliance, and can withhold or revoke permits found in violation. Violators face up to…

Revere accepted G.L. c. 148, § 26I on June 13, 1996, requiring automatic sprinkler systems in newly built or substantially rehabilitated residential buildings with four or more…

Revere Municipal Code § 15.04.010 blocks the inspector of buildings from issuing any building permit until the applicant pays the required fee to the city collector, under the fee…

A professional office park in Revere cannot cover more than 25 percent of its lot with buildings, excluding accessory structures and parking, and must set aside 15 percent of the land…

Revere caps a new professional office park structure at two and one-half stories or 35 feet, whichever governs, under Revere Municipal Code § 17.16.175(F). An existing structure that…

A professional office park in Revere must keep a 20-foot front yard and 50-foot side and rear yards, well beyond the setbacks Revere applies to most other commercial uses. The standard…

Revere's Wonderland Transit-Oriented Development Overlay District requires every development proposal to match the city's July 2009 "WTODOD Design Guidelines" before the site plan…

Revere commemorates deceased service members with memorial poles installed along public ways under Chapter 12.22 of the city code. The veterans service officer reviews eligibility, the…

Anyone who wants an awning, marquee, sign or other structure to project over a Revere sidewalk needs written permission from the City Council, not just a building permit. Structures…

Revere bars placing lumber, coal, boxes, crates, signs, advertisements, or anything else on a public way or sidewalk if it blocks travelers' passage. A police officer can order the…

Revere limits door-to-door soliciting to 9 a.m.-8 p.m. Monday through Saturday and noon-6 p.m. Sundays, and requires every solicitor to check for a posted no-solicitors notice and…

Anyone soliciting or canvassing house to house in Revere must register with the chief of police before knocking on a single door. Registration costs a $10 administration fee, requires…

Revere residents may hold up to three garage or yard sales per calendar year, each running no more than three consecutive days between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. A free permit from the…

Revere conditions street opening and building permits on proof that a construction site has been treated for insects and rodents under the state sanitary code, and requires permitted…

Revere requires the Board of Health to certify a rental unit as sanitarily fit before any new occupancy, applying the state Sanitary Code's habitability standards through a local…

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…

Revere charges a six percent local room occupancy excise on hotel and short-term-rental stays, accepted under G.L. c. 64G, Section 3A in 2009. On top of that, Section 8.09.070 requires…

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 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…

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…

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…

M.G.L. Chapter 40A Section 3 protects solar installations from unreasonable local zoning restrictions. State law mandates expedited permitting in many municipalities.

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

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…