[barnstuf]

Posting # 11 states it is illegal to have repainted Year of Manufacture plates in Massachusetts. Not true. The issue actually is that under current regulations they are not acceptable for new registrations. In the early days of the YOM program they were accepted and many are still on the road today. The regulation was changed to not accepting repaints for new registrants because reproduction plates were being passed off as genuine plates. The RMV reaction was to ban repaints for new registrations. The Massachusetts Association of Auto Clubs (M. A.A.C.) is behind the legislation to repeal the regulation.