Inspection Sticker in Northern Massachusetts

[mcdude]

Originally Posted by Outdoorsman

In NH the dealership will put the first inspection sticker on the vehicle before it leaves the lot. Is it different in MA?

Currently the new vehicle has an inspection sticker from Maine. However it is being registered in Mass......so......don't I need to get a Mass inspection sticker? (within seven days?)

[Descant]

I think the rule is you have x days to get the sticker after "returning" to the state./ A sticker from another state shows good intent if you got stopped. A gas or other receipts would show absence from the state, although I can't imagine anybody would go that far unless a zealous lawyer tried to demonstrate negligence if you were driving an unsafe car and an accident resulted. That's a pretty big stretch on many fronts.

[Outdoorsman]

Originally Posted by mcdude

Currently the new vehicle has an inspection sticker from Maine. However it is being registered in Mass......so......don't I need to get a Mass inspection sticker? (within seven days?)

I purchased a 2019 RAV4 from a dealer in NH. They did not have what I wanted on their lot but found one at an affiliated dealer in Portland, ME. They picked up the vehicle in ME and brought it to the NH dealership and did everything.

Twenty day plates, NH inspection sticker and called my insurance company (with me on the phone as well) to transfer the insurance to the new vehicle.

I did the same thing when i lived in VT. Purchased from a VT dealer but the car came from NY. That dealer did the same.