Sec. 76-162. - Operation of vehicle without evidence of registration.

No person shall operate, nor shall an owner knowingly permit to be operated, upon any highway or bicycle trail or path any vehicle required to be registered hereunder unless there has been issued therefor a valid registration card and unless there shall be attached thereto and displayed thereon, when and as required by the General Laws of the state, a valid registration plate or plates issued therefor by the registry for the current registration year, except as otherwise expressly permitted in the General Laws. Any violation of this section is a misdemeanor.

(Code 1971, § 22-159)