registering a car in MA

[allli.livejournal.com]

Does anyone have an opinion or information on how illegal or bogus registering a car in the state you just moved FROM is, even though you now live in Mass?

Complications include transferring my insurance (Geico isn't in Mass) and converting my out-of-state driver's license (it's $110). Can I just pretend I'm still from NH, keep my plates and so forth? Or will someone notice since I'm now registered to vote in Mass?

Comments

[csbermack.livejournal.com]

You're supposed to move the license too:
"If you have recently moved to Massachusetts, you must obtain a valid Massachusetts license upon becoming a resident." from massrmv.com.

They *can* bust you for it when they pull you over, and technically, bars and clubs are supposed to refuse your out-of-state license as ID.

[dj-daeva.livejournal.com]

like i said, if you are a temporary resident you don't have to change it over...and you don't have to have a MA license to register your car...not to REGISTER your car...but EVENTUALLY you do need to change it over.

i wasnt trying to imply that you could keep it like that permanantly...i was just talking about buying yourself a little time.

sheesh...lol

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[siderea]

bars and clubs are supposed to refuse your out-of-state license as ID.

Hello, what? How does that work with, say, tourists from out of state?

[blowtorch-betty.livejournal.com]

No kidding.

It's all government issued ID, I thought they had to take it?