Missing an appointment could cost you your license! If you are a Massachusetts Ignition Interlock Device User, the Registry of Motor Vehicles requires you to have your Ignition Interlock Device (IID) downloaded and calibrated on a set schedule. You are required to report to an interlock service center every 25 to 30 days. If you […]
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The license reinstatement fees which MassDOT charges are established by G.L. c. 90 § 33. This law provides for fees which range from $100.00 all the way up to $1,200.00. Prior to the implementation of the Registry’s multi-million-dollar computer system, known as ATLAS, in 2018, RMV Hearing Officers were granted discretion to waive reinstatement fees.
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Get your license back after an immediate threat suspension The Registry usually imposes indefinite immediate threat suspensions at the request of police officers or medical professionals. The purpose of an immediate threat suspension is to take the driver off the road until a Registry Hearing Officer or the Board of Appeal determines that the driver
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Recommended MA License Suspension Attorney Attorney Brian Simoneau has established himself as a top license suspension attorney in Massachusetts. He has over twenty years of experience and he is the “go-to guy” for license suspension appeals and hardship licenses. Attorney Simoneau played a lead role in the case of Souza v. Registrar of Motor Vehicles,
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Massachusetts State Sen. Eric P. Lesser (D) Longmeadow, has filed a bill that would change the way the Registry of Motor Vehicles processes out-of-state convictions. Senator Lesser’s Bill, titled An Act to Promote a Fair and Informative RMV, will require the Registry to act more promptly when informed of an out-of-state automobile law violation committed
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Risk of Recidivism Evaluations for the RMV or Board of Appeal If you are trying to reinstate from an indefinite immediate threat suspension and your case involves drugs or alcohol, whether you were criminally charged or not, the Registry Hearing Officer who handles your suspension appeal will probably require a substance abuse evaluation containing a
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The Registry takes a zero-tolerance approach to ignition interlock violations. Registry Hearing Officers regularly impose 10-year license suspensions for even the most minor of interlock violations and infractions. However, not all reported smart start violations are valid. Sometimes the IID will register a violation which was not caused by the operator and there is a
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The Question: In 2017, as a Massachusetts license holder, I got a first offense DUI in Pennsylvania. I lost my license in Pennsylvania for two months and went through the Pennsylvania Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition (ARD) Program and my record was expunged after meeting all requirements of the ARD program. I still have points on my
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In the middle of a global pandemic where social distancing is required, the Registry of Motor Vehicles decided to apply old unpaid traffic tickets to customers’ records and generate Administrative Hearing Letters to hundreds if not thousands of customers. These letters require the unlucky recipients to report to a designated Registry of Motor Vehicles “service
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