Massachusetts Registry News

In the case of Commonwealth v. Hallinan, the highest court in Massachusetts has ruled that anyone who took a breath test on the Draeger Alcotest 9510 breathalyzer and pled guilty or admitted to sufficient facts to DUI from June 1, 2011, through April 18, 2019 is entitled to withdraw his or her guilty plea or […]

The Registry of Motor Vehicles no longer holds in-person license suspension hearings. All license suspension hearings are held remotely over the phone. You are entitled to have legal representation during these hearings and the RMV will hold them via 3-way conference calls so that your lawyer is on the phone line with you and the

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.

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

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

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

The Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles has recently issued a large number of Disqualification of Commercial Driver’s License notices to Mass. CDL Holders. These letters have been issued as a result of a review of the records of those who hold Commercial Drivers Licenses. The Mass. RMV has been checking the records of all Massachusetts

The Enforcement Services Unit of the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles has been continuing its efforts to combat license fraud and identity theft. It is a felony in Massachusetts to provide false information to the Registry in an attempt to obtain a license, learner’s permit, or even Registry ID card and the crime is complete