Massachusetts Registry News

Last week, the Registry of Motor Vehicles and the Stoughton Police Department conducted a crackdown on expired inspection stickers and rejection stickers on Route 27 in Stoughton. According to the Patriot Ledger, officers cited more than 100 drivers in a 4 hour period. The failure to inspect a motor vehicle is a violation of G.L. […]

The Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles and the Division of Insurance Board of Appeal authorize the issuance of hardship licenses, in certain cases, to allow a person whose license has been suspended or revoked to drive for a limited 12 hour period. Hardship licenses are allowed based on the realization that someone whose license has

The Brookline Tab recently reported on a crackdown against parking violators by the Town of Brookline. The Town has been towing vehicles which have accumulated more than $1,000.00 in unpaid parking violations and it recently hired a collection agency to go after out of state parking violators who have accumulated unpaid fines. The collection agency

In order to convict a driver of operating after suspension or driving on a revoked license, the prosecution must prove that the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles sent the defendant notice that his or her license was suspended or revoked. Specifically, G.L. c. 90 § 22(d) requires that the RMV send written notice to the

WBZ I-Team Reporter Kathy Curran has recently reported on new legislation sponsored by Senator Steven Baddour (D-Methuen), which would prevent those convicted of DUI from owning bars. The proposed new DUI law was the product of an I-Team report by Kathy Curran regarding Jim Rooney, an individual with three (3) DUI convictions on his record

I spoke with a gentleman last week who had pled out to a first offense OUI. He was represented by a DUI lawyer, who advised him to “plead out,” so that he could get back on the road as soon as possible. He had a very defensible case as there were no field sobriety tests

An operating under the influence conviction can carry unforeseen c collateral consequences which can permanently haunt those convicted of DUI. For example, The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) allows the U.S. Coast Guard to request and receive information from the National Driver Register regarding the driving records of any applicant, cadet, or member of

Hardship licenses are not automatically issued and neither the RMV Appeal Board nor the Registry will grant a hardship license unless there is evidence that the driver’s alcohol issue has been addressed. Therefore, one of the key documents which the Board of Appeal looks for in hardship license hearings for second and subsequent DUI offenders

In the case of DiGregorio v. Registrar of Motor Vehicles, Docket No.: No. 10-P-292 (February 17, 2011), the Massachusetts Appeals Court has ruled that the Registry of Motor Vehicles must commence out of state DUI suspensions as of the date of the out of state drunk driving conviction and not when the Mass. Registry learns