Section 18.01 - Scope and Purpose(1)Scope and Purpose. 540 CMR 18.00 is adopted by the Registrar of Motor Vehicles to provide uniform procedures and requirements for the application and issuance of general registrations and general registration number plates under M.G.L. c. 90, §§ 5 and 31, and to regulate the use of those plates.Amended by Mass Register Issue 1360, eff. 3/9/2018.