Massachusetts Criminal Law and Motor Vehicle Handbook: 2024 Edition

MASSACHUSETTS CRIMINAL LAW AND MOTOR VEHICLE HANDBOOK 2024 EDITION

• Active Shooter Response Checklist for Patrol Officers - xix
• Key U.S. Supreme Court Cases for Law Enforcement - xxi
• Highlights of the Recent Massachusetts Legislative Session - xxix
• Sections Affected by Recent Legislation - xxxi
• Search and Seizure Law, with Coverage of Arrests, Confessions, and Privacy Expectations - 1

PART I. ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT

• TITLE II. EXECUTIVE AND ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS OF THE COMMONWEALTH - 219
  • Chapter 6. The Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Council, Certain Officers under the Governor and Council, and State Library (Selected Sections) - 219
  • Chapter 6E. Massachusetts Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission - 227
  • Chapter 17. Department of Public Health (Selected Section) - 239
  • Chapter 19A. Department of Elder Affairs (Selected Section) - 241
  • Chapter 19C. Disabled Persons Protection Commission (Selected Section) - 246
  • Chapter 21C. Massachusetts Hazardous Waste Management Act (Selected Section) - 249
  • Chapter 22C. The Department of State Police - 251
  • Chapter 22E. State DNA Database (Selected Sections) - 272
  • Chapter 23K. The Massachusetts Gaming Commission - 274
  • Chapter 26. Department of Banking and Insurance (Selected Sections) - 321

• TITLE III. LAWS RELATING TO STATE OFFICERS

• Chapter 30. General Provisions Relative to State Departments, Commissions, Officers and Employees (Selected Sections) - 323

• TITLE VI. COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS

• Chapter 38. Medical Examiners and Inquests (Selected Sections) - 324

• TITLE VII. CITIES, TOWNS AND DISTRICTS

• Chapter 40. Powers and Duties of Cities and Towns (Selected Sections) - 326
• Chapter 41. Officers and Employees of Cities, Towns and Districts (Selected Sections) - 333

• TITLE IX. TAXATION
• Chapter 60A. Excise Tax on Registered Motor Vehicles in Lieu of Local Tax - 340
• Chapter 64F. Taxation of Fuel and Special Fuels Acquired Outside and Used Within the Commonwealth (Selected Sections) - 345
• Chapter 64H. Tax on Retail Sales of Certain Tangible Personal Property (Selected Sections) - 345
• Chapter 64I. Tax on the Storage, Use or Other Consumption of Certain Tangible Personal Property (Selected Sections) - 356
• TITLE XII. EDUCATION
• Chapter 71. Public Schools (Selected Sections) - 358
• TITLE XIV. PUBLIC WAYS AND WORKS
• Chapter 85. Regulations and By-laws Relative to Ways and Bridges - 359
• Chapter 89. Law of the Road - 375
• Chapter 90. Motor Vehicles and Aircraft (Selected Sections) - 380
• Chapter 90A. The Highway Safety Act - 549
• Chapter 90B. Motorboats, Other Vessels and Recreational Vehicles - 550
• Chapter 90C. Procedure for Motor Vehicle Offenses - 581
• Chapter 90D. Motor Vehicle Certificates of Title - 590
• Chapter 90E. Bikeways - 603
• Chapter 90F. Uniform Operation of Commercial Motor Vehicles Act - 605
• Chapter 90J. Counterfeit Airbag Prohibition - 612
• Chapter 91. Waterways (Selected Sections) - 612
• TITLE XV. REGULATION OF TRADE
• Chapter 93H. Security Breaches - 614
• Chapter 94C. Controlled Substances Act (Selected Sections) - 617
• Chapter 94G. Regulation of the Use and Distribution of Marijuana Not Medically Prescribed - 642
• Chapter 94I. Medical Use of Marijuana - 664
• Chapter 100A. Motor Vehicle Damage Repair Shops - 667
• Chapter 101. Transient Vendors, Hawkers and Pedlers (Selected Sections) - 671
• TITLE XVI. PUBLIC HEALTH
• Chapter 111B. Alcoholism (Selected Sections) - 672
• Chapter 111E. Drug Rehabilitation (Selected Sections) - 673
• Chapter 113A. Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (Selected Sections) - 673
• TITLE XVII. PUBLIC WELFARE
• Chapter 119. Protection and Care of Children, and Proceedings Against Them (Selected Sections) - 676
• Chapter 123. Mental Health - 702
• TITLE XVIII. PRISONS, IMPRISONMENT, PAROLES, AND PARDONS
• Chapter 127. Officers and Inmates of Penal and Reformatory Institutions. Paroles and Pardons (Selected Sections) - 725
• TITLE XIX. AGRICULTURE AND CONSERVATION
• Chapter 130. Marine Fish and Fisheries (Selected Sections) - 726
• Chapter 131. Inland Fisheries and Game and Other Natural Resources - 727
• TITLE XX. PUBLIC SAFETY AND GOOD ORDER
• Chapter 135. Unclaimed and Abandoned Property - 728
• Chapter 136. Observance of a Common Day of Rest and Legal Holidays - 728
• Chapter 138. Alcoholic Liquors (Selected Sections) - 734
• Chapter 139. Common Nuisances (Selected Sections) - 742
• Chapter 140. Licenses (Selected Sections) - 743
• Chapter 147. State and Other Police, and Certain Powers and Duties of the Office of Public Safety and Inspections of the Division of Professional Licensure - 789
• Chapter 148. Fire Prevention (Selected Sections) - 807
• TITLE XXI. LABOR AND INDUSTRIES
• Chapter 149 Labor and Industries (Selected Section) - 809

• TITLE XXII. CORPORATIONS
• Chapter 175. Insurance - 810

PART II. REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS

• TITLE III. DOMESTIC RELATIONS
• Chapter 209A. Abuse Prevention - 819

PART III. COURTS, JUDICIAL OFFICERS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CIVIL CASES

• TITLE I. COURTS AND JUDICIAL OFFICERS
• Chapter 211D. Committee for Public Counsel Services - 829
• Chapter 218. District Courts (Selected Sections) - 836
• Chapter 221. Clerks, Attorneys and Other Officers of Judicial Courts (Selected Section) - 841
• TITLE II. ACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS THEREIN
• Chapter 231. Pleading and Practice (Selected Sections) - 842
• Chapter 233. Witnesses and Evidence (Selected Sections) - 842
• TITLE IV. CERTAIN WRITS AND PROCEEDINGS IN SPECIAL CASES
• Chapter 255. Mortgages, Conditional Sales and Pledges of Personal Property, and Liens Thereon (Selected Sections) - 857
• Chapter 255B. Retail Instalment Sales of Motor Vehicles (Selected Section) - 858
• Chapter 258B. Rights of Victims and Witnesses of Crime - 858
• Chapter 258C. Compensation of Victims of Violent Crimes - 864
• Chapter 258D. Compensation for Certain Erroneous Felony Convictions - 870
• Chapter 258E. Harassment Prevention Orders - 874
• Chapter 258F. Certificate for Victims of Violent Crime and Human Trafficking - 879
• TITLE VI. COSTS AND FEES
• Chapter 262. Fees of Certain Officers (Selected Section) - 881

PART IV. CRIMES, PUNISHMENTS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CRIMINAL CASES

• TITLE I. CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS
• Chapter 263. Rights of Persons Accused of Crime - 882
• Chapter 263A. Witness Protection in Criminal Matters - 884
• Chapter 264. Crimes Against Governments - 887
• Chapter 265. Crimes Against the Person - 890
• Chapter 266. Crimes Against Property - 920
• Chapter 267. Forgery and Crimes Against the Currency - 968
• Chapter 267A. Money Laundering - 972
• Chapter 268. Crimes Against Public Justice - 974
• Chapter 268A. Conduct of Public Officials and Employees - 983
• Chapter 268B. Financial Disclosure by Certain Public Officials and Employees - 1000
• Chapter 269. Crimes Against Public Peace - 1007
• Chapter 270. Crimes Against Public Health - 1021
• Chapter 271. Crimes Against Public Policy - 1036
• Chapter 271A. Enterprise Crime - 1053
• Chapter 272. Crimes Against Chastity, Morality, Decency, and Good Order - 1054
• Chapter 273. Desertion, Non-support, and Illegitimacy - 1090
• Chapter 274. Felonies, Accessories, and Attempts to Commit Crimes - 1094
• TITLE II. PROCEEDINGS IN CRIMINAL CASES
• Chapter 275. Proceedings to Prevent Crimes - 1097
• Chapter 276. Search Warrants, Rewards, Fugitives from Justice, Arrest, Examination, Commitment, and Bail. Probation Officers and Board of Probation - 1099
• Chapter 276A. District Court Pretrial Diversion of Selected Offenders - 1151
• Chapter 276B. Restorative Justice - 1155
• Chapter 277. Indictments and Proceedings Before Trial - 1157
• Chapter 277B. Statewide Grand Jury - 1172
• Chapter 278. Trials and Proceedings Before Judgment - 1173
• Chapter 278A. Post Conviction Access to Forensic and Scientific Analysis - 1180
• Chapter 279. Judgment and Execution - 1185
• Chapter 280. Fines and Forfeitures - 1198
• TITLE IX. INTERSTATE COMPACTS AND AGREEMENTS
• Chapter S115. Interstate Compact as to Detainers Outstanding against Prisoners Based on Untried Indictments, Information or Complaint - 1201

MASSACHUSETTS COURT RULES

• Massachusetts Rules of Criminal Procedure - 1207
• District Courts of Massachusetts and the Municipal Court of the City of Boston - 1250
• Massachusetts Trial Court Rules - 1259

CODE OF MASSACHUSETTS REGULATIONS

• 501 CMR Executive Office of Public Safety and Security
• 501 CMR 2.00. Safe Roads - 1275
• 540 CMR Registry of Motor Vehicles
• 540 CMR 2.00. Motor Vehicle Regulations - 1279
• 540 CMR 3.00. Motorcycle Noise Abatement - 1309
• 540 CMR 4.00. Annual Safety and Combined Safety and Emissions Inspection of All Motor Vehicles, Trailers, Semi-Trailers and Converter Dollies - 1311
• 540 CMR 6.00. Alteration of Motor Vehicle Height - 1340
• 540 CMR 7.00. Minimum Standards for Construction and Equipment of School Buses and Minimum Standards for School Pupil Transport Vehicles - 1342
• 540 CMR 8.00. School Bus Driver and School Pupil Transport Training Programs and School Bus Driving Instructors - 1360
• 540 CMR 9.00. Conduct of Hearings Within the Registry of Motor Vehicles - 1362
• 540 CMR 11.00. Operators License Suspension Due to Implied Consent Statute - 1363
• 540 CMR 12.00. Inspection of Restored Salvage Motor Vehicles - 1364
• 540 CMR 13.00. International Registration Plan Regulations - 1365
• 540 CMR 14.00. Motor Carrier Safety and Hazardous Material Transportation - 1367
• 540 CMR 15.00. Specifications for Vehicle Manufacturer’s Certificates of Origin - 1370
• 540 CMR 16.00. Minimum Specifications for Repair Facilities of a Class 2 Used Motor Vehicle Dealers to Make Repairs Under Warranty - 1370
• 540 CMR 17.00. Issuance of Disability Plates and Placards - 1371
• 540 CMR 18.00. Minimum Standards for the Issuance and Use of General Registrations and General Registration Number Plates - 1373
• 540 CMR 19.00. Removal of Certificate of Inspection by Licensed Auto Damage Appraisers - 1383
• 540 CMR 21.00. Semiannual Safety Inspection of School Pupil Transport Vehicles - 1386
• 540 CMR 22.00. Miscellaneous Motor Vehicle and Trailer Equipment and Operations Requirements - 1389
• 540 CMR 23.00. Licensing, Certification and Operating Requirements for Professional Driving School Instructors; and Others - 1391
• 540 CMR 24.00. Medical Qualifications for Operators of Motor Vehicles - 1400
• 540 CMR 25.00. Certification, Installation, Use and Maintenance of Ignition Interlock Devices - 1406
• 540 CMR 26.00. Plow and Hitching Mechanisms; Compliance - 1412
• 540 CMR 27.00. Regulation of Motor Vehicle Idling on School Grounds - 1413
• 540 CMR 29.00. Amphibious Sight-Seeing Motor Vehicles - 1415
• 540 CMR 30.00. Annual Inspection of TNC Vehicles - 1416
• 700 CMR Massachusetts Department of Transportation
• 700 CMR 7.00. Use of the Massachusetts Turnpike and the Metropolitan Highway System - 1418
• 700 CMR 8.00. Permitting, Operation, and Transport of Overdimensional Loads and Certain Vehicle Trailer Combinations on Certain Massachusetts Department of Transportation Roadways - 1457
• 700 CMR 13.00. Approval of Access to Massachusetts Department of Transportation Highways and Other Property - 1468
• 720 CMR Department of Highways
• 720 CMR 9.00. Driving on State Highways – 1482

• Index
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