Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles extends expired inspection sticker grace period
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Updated: 2:34 PM EDT Apr 13, 2021
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Updated: 2:34 PM EDT Apr 13, 2021
The Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles said it is extending a grace period for some motor vehicle inspections, as the company it contracts with continues to experience issues following a malware attack.Motor vehicles with expired inspection stickers from March 2021 -- a blue “3” sticker -- and April 2021 -- a blue “4” sticker -- are allowed until May 31 to get a new sticker. Newly purchased vehicles registered on or after March 23, 2021, should be granted until April 30 to obtain an inspection. Newly purchased vehicles must typically be inspected within seven days of registration.Customers who recently had an inspection rejection and are in the 60-day free retest window will be afforded one extra day for each day Applus’s system remains unavailable but should plan to facilitate their inspection as soon as possible once the system is restored and stations are online.The RMV says it has notified police across the state that compliance with the safety/emissions inspection requirement has not been possible since March 30, in light of the outage caused by the malware attack against Applus.RMV officials said updates on the situation will be posted at mavehiclecheck.com.