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Massachusetts Out-of-State License Suspension Attorney

Can an out-of-state traffic offense affect your Massachusetts driver’s license and your right to drive in your home state? In some cases, it can. If that happens, you’ll need to be advised and represented by Massachusetts out-of-state license suspension attorney Brian Simoneau.

All fifty states and the District of Columbia participate in the National Driver Register (NDR), a database that includes drivers whose licenses have been revoked, suspended, canceled, or denied, as well as those who have received serious traffic-related convictions. Motor Vehicle Departments also use SPEX, which is the State Pointer Exchange System. 

State agencies enter the names of drivers with suspended or revoked licenses into the NDR’s database, and the information is accessible to all 50 states. If one state suspends your driver’s license and you attempt to obtain a license in another state, the NDR ensures you will be denied.

Do You Face a Traffic Charge in Another State?

If you do not live in Massachusetts but you’ve been charged with a serious traffic violation while driving here, your home state will be notified and will treat the violation as if you had committed it there. Massachusetts is told when this state’s drivers face serious traffic charges in other states.

If a Massachusetts driver fails to pay a fine in another state or appear for an out-of-state traffic violation, the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles (RMV) automatically suspends that driver’s license until the matter is resolved in the other state. An experienced attorney can help.

What Can You Do to Reinstate Your License?

If the Registry of Motor Vehicles suspends or revokes your driver’s license because of a traffic matter in another state, you have the right to an RMV hearing and the right to legal counsel.

You cannot obtain a hardship license unless the state where the case began grants it. You may only obtain a hardship license by petitioning the Massachusetts Division of Insurance Appeal Board with the help of a Massachusetts out-of-state license suspension lawyer.

What Should Drivers Know About License Suspension Hearings?

A RMV license suspension hearing in Massachusetts has no bearing on determining guilt or innocence for an out-of-state violation. Only two issues can be raised with the RMV Hearing Officer at a license suspension hearing in Massachusetts based on an out-of-state violation:

  1. You may claim that you have been misidentified, that you are not the individual cited for the out-of-state violation, and that the RMV wrongly suspended your Massachusetts license. The Registry will require a “not the same person” letter to clear the suspension. 
  2. You may present sufficient proof that the out-of-state matter has been resolved, and the Registry of Motor Vehicles should reinstate your Massachusetts driver’s license. Clearance letters are only valid for 30 days. 

Have a Massachusetts out-of-state license suspension lawyer advise you and prepare you for an RMV license suspension hearing.

Meet Attorney Brian Simoneau

A suspended or revoked license makes every day a challenge. If you have work, school, and family obligations, resist the temptation to drive. If you’re stopped by the police, you’ll face harsher legal penalties and even more difficult challenges.

Massachusetts out-of-state license suspension attorney Brian Simoneau is the co-author of Obtaining, Losing, and Seeking Reinstatement of Driver’s Licenses, the textbook that teaches lawyers the license reinstatement process. With his extensive experience, attorney Brian Simoneau knows how to help you if your license is suspended in Massachusetts.

He advises and represents clients in out-of-state license suspension cases and other cases involving traffic violations, driver’s licenses, and driving privileges. To schedule a free consultation at The Law Office of Brian Simoneau, call 508-625-5776.