If you are a Massachusetts Resident or License Holder, the Registry of Motor Vehicles will penalize you for a New York DWI or DWAI conviction, just as if the offense had occurred here in Massachusetts. Furthermore, if the New York Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) has suspended your driving privileges or right to operate in […]
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The Registry of Motor Vehicles has implemented new hearing procedures in response to the Covid-19 Pandemic. Hearings will now be conducted over the phone and no in-person hearings will be held. However, in order to get a hearing, the customer must appear in person using the Registry’s “appointment only” system. This is designed to encourage
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The Board of Appeal usually decides the outcome of the cases which it hears on the same day of the hearing. However, the Board does not announce its decisions. Instead, the Board of Appeal will mail a written two page Finding and Order to the Appellant’s attorney within approximately 10 business days after the hearing.
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Since the deaths of 7 motorcyclists in New Hampshire caused by Volodymyr Zhukovsky, whose license should have been suspended due to a Connecticut Chemical Test Refusal, the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles has suspended an unprecedented number of driver’s licenses. The Registry is suspending thousands of licenses for many different reasons. Common suspension reasons include
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If you have received a Notice of Compromised ID from the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles, you may be suspected of license fraud and you should consult with a lawyer. The Mass. RMV uses sophisticated fraud detection tools such as data cross-matching and facial recognition to detect and investigate fraud. License fraud occurs when a
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Ignition Interlock Devices are not breathalyzers. They are lockout devices and they could never meet the National Highway and Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) breathalyzer certification standards. Nevertheless, the Registry routinely relies on Ignition Interlock Device (IID) Readings to impose 10-year license revocations. One of the many problems with IIDs is that they are not ethyl
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This case shows how a trip to the dentist almost cost an ignition interlock device (IID) user his driver’s license. John had 7 years of complete and uninterrupted sobriety. He had not had a drink in years. However, he experienced numerous failed start ups. He would try to start his car in the morning to
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The Ignition Interlock Department of the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicle has been imposing 10-year license revocations when a customer’s Ignition Interlock Device prevents the vehicle from starting. This is known as a failed startup and it has resulted in ignition interlock violation hearings and 10-year license revocations, which the Registry imposes pursuant to G.L.
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A Massachusetts State Trooper assigned to the Fraud Identification Unit of the Massachusetts State Police has filed felony license fraud charges against a Clark University Student who allegedly provided false information to the Registry of Motor Vehicles to fraudulently obtain a Mass. Driver’s License. Trooper Cristina Lucin, an experienced license fraud investigator who works at
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