Hardship Licenses

For those convicted of DUI charges, the loss of use of vehicle may create extreme hardship such as loss of income. A qualified, experienced OUI Lawyer Boston can help you appeal for a hardship license in Massachusetts. Call Ed Sharkansky now to discuss your circumstances, case and the options you may have. It is worth it to you to try to obtain a hardship license if you can't get to work.

The Massachusetts Registry may grant a hardship license to allow a person limited use of a vehicle for critical transportation needs.

Hardship licenses are a limited use license which permits the driver to drive for 12 hours a day. Those individuals who have had drivers licenses revoked after a DUI/OUI/DWI conviction can apply. The individual must have documentation of their employment, a letter from the employer (on that company’s letterhead) stating the reasons the person needs a hardship license.  Self-employed individuals must provide articles of their business registration.

If the Registry of Motor Vehicles has suspended the driver’s license for refusal to take the breathalyzer test when charged, the person can launch an appeal of that suspension at the Registry (RMV) and the local District Court.

The Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles will not issue a hardship license for refusing to take a breath test. They will only issue them for an OUI conviction, a drug conviction, or for Habitual Traffic Offender suspensions. There is a minimum suspension period that is observed before the RMV will accept an application for a hardship license.

Hardship licenses require the use of an ignition interlock device on each and every car the individual intends to drive.

Ed Sharkansky is a Brockton DUI lawyer able to assist residents in various communities in the greater Boston area: Plymouth County Lawyer, Middlesex County Lawyer, Banstable Country Lawyer, Norfolk County Lawyer, and Suffolk County Lawyer.