Section 22 Registration; application; period; certificate; name and address; transferability; fees - Massachusetts Statutes

Section 22. Application for registration of a snow vehicle or a recreation vehicle shall be made by the owner to the director or his agent on such forms as the director shall prescribe and shall state the name and address of the owner of such vehicle. Upon receipt of the application and the appropriate fee, as hereinafter provided, such vehicle shall be registered and a registration number assigned which shall be affixed to said vehicle in such manner as the director shall prescribe.

Such registration shall be valid for a period ending two years from the date of issuance, unless surrendered, suspended or revoked. The director shall issue a certificate of registration to each such owner on such form as he shall prescribe. Each such owner shall notify the director in writing within thirty days after any change has occurred in the name and address appearing on said registration certificate. No registration issued for any such vehicle may be loaned by any person to another, nor may such registration be transferred except upon application to the director upon such forms as he shall prescribe. Every person operating a snow vehicle or a recreational vehicle shall have the certificate of registration therefor upon his person or in the vehicle, in some easily accessible place, and upon demand shall show the same to a law enforcement officer or to the owner of any land on which he is operating said vehicle. Any person authorized to issue registration certificates for snow vehicles, recreational vehicles, and vessels, who is not employed by the commonwealth, may charge the applicant an administrative fee in addition to the required registration fee. Said administrative fee shall not exceed $1.50 per registration issued.

The fee for initial registration of each such vehicle and for each renewal thereof, other than vehicles for which application is made by a manufacturer or dealer as hereinafter provided, shall be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven, except that no fee shall be collected for the registration of any such vehicle owned by the commonwealth or any political subdivision thereof.

Application for a manufacturer’s or dealer’s registration shall be made to the director in such form as the director shall prescribe and shall state the name and address of the manufacturer or dealer.

Upon receipt of the application and the appropriate fee as hereinafter provided, the director shall forward to the manufacturer or dealer a certificate of registration and such registration numbers as the director may approve, one of which shall be affixed to each snow vehicle or recreation vehicle being operated by or with the express or implied consent of said manufacturer or dealer.

The fee for initial registration of recreation vehicles or snow vehicles owned by or under the control of a manufacturer or dealer and for each renewal thereof shall be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven. The fee for the registration of each snow vehicle or recreational vehicle of a nonresident shall also be determined by the commissioner of administration. Such registration and each renewal thereof shall be valid for a period ending one year from the date of issuance or renewal, unless surrendered, suspended or revoked.