Massachusetts Registry News

Melanie’s Law, enacted in October 2005, was a comprehensive revision of the laws relating to drunk driving. Its statutory purpose was to better protect the public through stricter penalties, restrictions, and sanctions imposed on persons suspected or convicted of drunk driving. A key part of Melanie’s Law requires those convicted of 2 or more DUI […]

The Boston Globe recently advised its readers to Beware of old Unpaid Parking Tickets. These outstanding parking tickets can cause the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles to make your Massachusetts Driver’s License as well as your Mass. Motor Vehicle Registration non-renewable. This means that you will not be able to renew your license or registration

With the implementation of the new Massachusetts Text Messaging Law, the Legislature has included a provision whereby medical evaluations of Massachusetts drivers can be requested. Under this new law, which effects what the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles refers to as “Compliant Medical” license suspensions, Mass. police officers and healthcare providers can request that the

Those with Commercial Driver’s Licenses should be aware that a federal grant may increase commercial motor vehicle enforcement in Massachusetts. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has announced the availability of grant funding which can be used to train police officers to carry out Commercial Motor Vehicle enforcement and other programs to insure that CDL

The Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles is legally required to hold certain motor vehicle and other offenses such as DUI against Massachusetts residents and license holders, even when the violations occur out of state. With a large number of Mass. Residents vacationing  and spending the winters in Florida, DUI offenses and Florida traffic tickets often come back

I recently spoke with a client who is trying to hire a lawyer to get a hardship license. The only problem with his case is that he called me after he already went to the Board of Appeal without counsel and lost the appeal. The Board voted to affirm the suspension and it did not give

Under the Massachusetts DUI Law, the Registry of Motor Vehicles may issue a hardship license to those who have had their Massachusetts Driver’s Licenses revoked for operating under the influence, drug convictions, and being a habitual traffic offender. The Division of Insurance Board of Appeal may also authorize a hardship license for those and other

Allowing someone to drive your vehicle with a suspended or revoked Mass. License is a criminal offense and it can have severe consequences. I just finished speaking with a gentleman who is facing the revocation of his vehicle’s registration for allowing someone who had a suspended license to drive his car. Under Melanie’s Law, allowing

Anyone with 2 or more DUI convictions on his or her Registry record who is reinstating his or her license on or after January 1, 2006, the effective date of the Ignition Interlock Requirement of Melanie’s Law, must have a certified ignition interlock device installed in any vehicle which he or she owns, leases, or