New to MA, dealing with car/license stuff

[sparr0.livejournal.com]

I'm new(ish) to MA and Somerville and looking to get all my automotive ducks in a row. I brought a truck with me, which has a clean GA title and expired plates from GA, and have bought a car here, which has a signed-over MA title and no plates. The truck and I have GA-issued insurance. I have a GA driver's license. Neither vehicle has a MA inspection sticker, and I expect them both to fail at least once in some quickly rectifiable manner. Neither has a Somerville parking permit.

I live in Somerville, but have not gotten any mail yet and won't be getting any utilities in my name.

Can someone give me some pointers on what order I should address this all in, and what things I need to gather or do beforehand? I'm ready to spend a day or two standing in lines and such, but I suspect that having a plan ahead of time will save me a lot of wasted effort.

Comments

[mjrocks98.livejournal.com]

When I was pulled over on route 2 by a state cop a couple years back I still had my PA license and was informed that you only have 30 days after you move here to switch your license, unless you are a student and register through your campus police department that you are indeed a full time student. The cop then gave me 10 days to get it done and didn't ticket me for not having switched the license. I had already switched my insurance and registration over through the insurance company but hadn't done the license.

[intuition-ist.livejournal.com]

you're lucky -- a friend of mine was pulled over (over a similar living-in-MA->30-days trick) and ended up having to get his car towed home. i forget whether he was arrested, but if he wasn't it was a near thing. cops take this pretty seriously.