RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR BEACH STICKER ELIGIBILITY

FOR TAXPAYERS, RESIDENTS and VISITORS

Effective April 22, 2008; revised June 2, 2009, February 22, 2022, May 14, 2025

To be eligible for a Resident Beach Sticker, the applicant must be one of the following:

1. A registered voter in the Town of Truro.

2. Listed as a year-round resident on the Town of Truro street listing. If not listed, a copy of a year-round lease or a letter from your landlord is required. Vehicles must be registered in the Town of Truro at that address and driver’s license in Massachusetts RMV records must reflect the Truro address as well. In accordance with Massachusetts General Law Chapter 90, Section 26A, within 30 days of an address change you must notify the MA RMV.

3. The spouse or domestic partner of a listed property owner with the same year-round address on a Driver’s license, picture ID or Student ID.

4. The dependent of a listed property owner with the same year-round address on a Driver’s license, picture ID or Student ID.

5. Property owner of record in the Barnstable County Registry of Deeds.

6. Active military personnel whose home of record is Truro.

7. Non-resident employee of the Town of Truro (limited to one sticker per employee on a vehicle registered in the name of the employee).

8. The owner of record of a property held in trust, owned by an LLC or other legal entity. (Detailed information available through the Beach Office.)

To be eligible for a Native Beach Access Sticker, the applicant must:

1. Provide a copy of a current and active Tribal Membership Card.

To be eligible for a Non-Resident/ Visitor’s Beach Sticker, the applicant must:

1. Be staying in the Town of Truro.

2. Be staying in a rental property whose landlord has complied with the Rental Registration Bylaw. Property owners who rent their properties for 120 days or less, must register said property with the town, then provide a completed application for their guests, who may take said application to the Beach Sticker Office to obtain their sticker.

3. Complete a Non-Resident and Non-Renter Application if a relative or a guest of a Truro resident. The Truro owner at whose property the guest or relative is staying must sign the application.

To be eligible for the Senior Perks program:

The Senior Perks Program is a one-year pilot program offered for the 2025 Beach Season and provides (1) resident beach sticker per household at a reduced price. Eligible applicants must be age 65 or older and have the vehicle registered in their name and at a Truro address at the time of sticker purchase. These stickers cannot be transferred or designated.

All applicants for the Senior Perks Program must present the following documentation:

1. Government-issued proof of age (such as a driver’s license, passport, birth certificate, or other similar public record).

2. Valid vehicle registration registered in the applicant’s name and registered to an address in Truro.

3. Completion of a verbal, written, or electronic attestation of the annual household income, in the manner designated by the Beach Office.

All applicants for any sticker must present the following documentation:

1. Valid vehicle registration for each vehicle with the applicant as the owner of the vehicle.

2. Lease listing the applicant as the lessee of a leased vehicle.

3. Appropriate written documentation connecting a company owned or leased vehicle to the applicant (i.e. business card or letter of authorization on company letterhead).

4. Applicants presenting Dealer Plates must provide registration of vehicle or documentation connecting that vehicle to the applicant.

The Burden of Proof of eligibility is the responsibility of the applicant.

All applicants for any sticker must present the following documentation: 

1. Valid vehicle registration for each vehicle with the applicant as the owner of the vehicle. 2. Lease listing the applicant as the lessee of a leased vehicle. 3. Appropriate written documentation connecting a company owned or leased vehicle to the applicant (i.e. business card or letter of authorization on company letterhead). 4. Applicants presenting Dealer Plates must provide registration of vehicle or documentation connecting that vehicle to the applicant. The Burden of Proof of eligibility is the responsibility of the applicant.

General Eligibility and Requirements for Resident Sticker Eligibility

1. Persons renting commercial property in Truro do not qualify for a Resident Beach Sticker.

2. A resident who is entitled to a Resident Beach Sticker, but who has no vehicle or does not intend to purchase a sticker for his or her own vehicle, may assign one Resident Beach Sticker to another individual. ~The person to whom the sticker is being assigned must be present with the resident to purchase the sticker and must provide vehicle registration and a valid driver’s license at the time of purchase. ~This privilege is limited to one Resident Beach Sticker assignment per resident or taxpayer. Once a parking permit has been assigned, the person assigning that sticker is NOT entitled to purchase any further permits during that beach season, including a Senior Perks sticker.

3. In the case of a property with a life tenancy provision, the Resident Beach Sticker shall be issued to the life tenant. Any other Beach Parking Permits issued to the same property shall be issued at the rate of a non-resident.

4. In the case of a property held in trust, Resident Beach Stickers may be issued to property owner of record upon presentation of adequate written documentation of trustee status.~

Beneficiaries of the trust are not deemed owners of the property and as such are not eligible for a Resident Beach Sticker.

Replacement Stickers

Replacement stickers will be issued upon reasonable proof of loss or theft of a sticker, or if the vehicle is traded or sold and plates transferred to a new vehicle. Only one replacement per sticker is permitted in a season. A portion of the original sticker showing the printed number must be presented at the time of the replacement request. There will be a $5.00charge for a replacement sticker.

Misuse of Stickers

At all times, the sticker remains the property of the Town of Truro. The person to whom the sticker has been issued (pass holder) has purchased a use privilege, not the sticker and agrees that the sticker may be revoked by removal or other means if it is misused. The pass holder also agrees that the Town of Truro will make the final judgement as to whether a sticker has been misused.

The following shall be considered a misuse of stickers:

1. Sticker registration number does not match the registration number of the vehicle to which it is attached.

2. Sticker is not permanently affixed to the vehicle except where written permission is issued by the Beach Supervisor.

3. Sticker has been altered, defaced, copies or made unreadable.

Penalties and Revocation of Stickers:

1. A Parking Control Officer, Police Officer, Special Police Officer, the Beach Supervisor or his/her duly authorized agent may remove stickers for misuse.

2. Persons whose stickers have been removed have seven days to appeal to the Beach Supervisor.

Appeals

Appeals to these Rules and Regulations may be made directly to the Beach Supervisor.