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What is a Hardship License?

A Massachusetts Hardship License, also known as a Cinderella License, is a 12-hour license granted to individuals who meet certain criteria. Eligibility for a hardship depends on the circumstances and length of your suspension.

  • You must serve 3 months of a 1-year suspension to be eligible.
  • A 2-year suspension requires you to serve 1 year before applying for a Massachusetts hardship license.
  • You must complete 2 years of an 8-year suspension.

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For a First Offense OUI with a 24D disposition, a hardship license is available upon enrollment into the DUI Alcohol Education Program. Within a few days of resolving your first offense DUI, we will get you into the registry, back on the road, and back to your normal life.

Only upon a 24D Disposition will you be eligible for a hardship license during a suspension for a chemical test refusal.

Massachusetts Hardship License Rules

On a 1 year suspension for a First Offense OUI/DUI/DWI conviction, not a 24D disposition, you’re eligible for a Massachusetts hardship license three months into your suspension.

Massachusetts Hardship licenses are not limited to DUI related suspensions either. If your license has been suspended as a Habitual Traffic Offender (HTO) Attorneys James G. DeGiacomo and Sergey Mikhlin can walk you through this process as well.

If your license is suspended for 2 years for a Second Offense DUI, you will only be eligible for a Massachusetts hardship license after you’ve completed 1 year of that suspension. During that year, you will also have to complete the 14 day in-patient program along with the prescribed aftercare.

If your license is suspended for 8 years following a Third Offense DUI, you will have to complete 2 years of the suspension. Here again, you will have to provide the Registry with proof of completion of the in-patient program and compliance with the after-care treatment.

On a 10-year license suspension following a Fourth Offense DUI, a term of 5 years must be completed before you will be eligible for a Massachusetts hardship license.

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In all of these circumstances, you must prove a documented hardship. Your license loss must substantially impact your employment or education. This is often accomplished through a letter from your employer or school administrator.

Hardship Licenses are granted at the discretion of the Registry of Motor Vehicles, they will take into consideration the facts of your case along with your driving history in determining whether or not to grant you a Massachusetts Hardship License.

You don’t have to go through the complicated procedures at the Registry alone. Contact Massachusetts Hardship License Attorneys James G. DeGiacomo and Sergey Mikhlin now at (617) 941-3666 and they will help you through the process and get you back on the road and back to your normal life.

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