Click here to return to the top If I am stopped by a police officer for a motor vehicle violation, how long do I have to produce my license and registration?
• According to M.G.L Chapter 90, Sec 11 the operator must always have his/her license and registration on his/her person or in some easily accessible place while driving a vehicle and must produce it upon request of a police officer. It is a civil infraction for not having your license and registration in your possession while operating a motor vehicle. However if your license and registration are in your possession and you refuse to give them to a police officer upon request by that officer, you can can be arrested for failure to submit to a police officer under M.G.L Chapter. 90, Sec.
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