§ 1 Definitions
§ 2 Exemptions; application of sections
§ 3 Application of chapter
§ 4 Registration under chapter 90; application for certificate of title required
§ 5 Owner of implement of husbandry, etc.; application of chapter, exception
§ 6 Certificate of origin
§ 7 Application for first certificate of title; contents
§ 8 Check of application against records
§ 9 Issuance and record of certificates of title
§ 10 Contents of certificate; distinctive certificates; forms; evidence; nature
§ 11 Mailing of certificate
§ 11A Electronic recording of security interests
§ 12 Withholding of certificate; bond
§ 13 Refusal of issuance; grounds
§ 14 Duplicate certificate of title
§ 15 Transfers; execution of assignments; application for new certificate; lienholder’s rights; compliance
§ 15A Death of registered owner of motor vehicle; presumption of joint ownership in surviving spouse
§ 16 Dealers; assignment and warranty of title; record of transactions
§ 17 Involuntary transfers of interests
§ 18 Application fee
§ 19 Issuance to transferee; surrendered certificates
§ 20 Total loss salvage motor vehicles; surrender of certificate of title; salvage title
§ 20A Application for salvage title; procedure
§ 20B Exceptions to salvage title requirement
§ 20C Transfer of interest in vehicle with issued salvage title
§ 20D Reconstruction or restoration of total loss salvage motor vehicle
§ 20E Cancellation of certificate upon junking or scrapping of vehicle
§ 20F Reassembly of motor vehicles from other motor vehicles; application for title and inspection
§ 21 Perfecting of security interest in vehicle
§ 21A Motor vehicles or trailers; limitation on creation of sale or security interest
§ 22 Security interest in vehicle; requirements of owner, lienholder and subordinate lienholder
§ 23 Assignment, etc. of security interest in vehicle; liability of lienholder; assignee’s rights
§ 24 Satisfaction of security interest in vehicle
§ 24A Failure to comply with Sec. 24; civil administrative penalty assessed on lienholder by registrar; judicial review
§ 25 Disclosure of information by lienholder
§ 26 Exclusiveness of method of perfecting security interests
§ 27 Suspension or revocation of certificate of title
§ 28 Registrar’s fees
§ 29 Forms prescribed and provided by registrar; rules and regulations; assignment of persons subject to civil service to administer this chapter
§ 30 Review of ruling or decision of registrar
§ 31 Liability of registrar or commonwealth
§ 32 Punishment
§ 33 Theft, conversion or recovery of a vehicle, report; dealers’ charge for certificates procured
§ 34 Previously registered vehicle, defined
§ 35 Application of chapter to previously registered vehicle
§ 36 Previously registered vehicle; undisclosed security interest; distinctive certificate
§ 37 Perfection of security interest created prior to effective date of this chapter; law applicable
§ 38 Validity of certificate issued prior to certain dates
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Terms Used In Massachusetts General Laws > Chapter 90D - Motor Vehicle Certificates of Title

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Interests: includes any form of membership in a domestic or foreign nonprofit corporation. See Massachusetts General Laws ch. 156D sec. 11.01
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
  • Preliminary hearing: A hearing where the judge decides whether there is enough evidence to make the defendant have a trial.
  • Right of survivorship: The ownership rights that result in the acquisition of title to property by reason of having survived other co-owners.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.