How to Get Your Driving Record Amended in Massachusetts
Your driving record is used by your insurance company to determine your rates and is checked as part of job application process. It's hard to remove a blemish from your record, particularly in Massachusetts.
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Your residential address is one of the few items on your driver's record that can be modified. In fact, Massachusetts law requires you to update your address within 30 days of your move. Drivers can notify the RMV of their new address using an online form at no cost or by filing a change of address form and mailing it to the RMV or dropping it off at any registry office.
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If you legally change your name, you can amend your driver's record. You must apply for a Social Security card with your new name, and when that's issued, bring it to a registry office with a completed application and $20 fee.
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It's difficult to amend infractions once they're on your record. The state's Safe Driver's Insurance Program applies surcharges to your insurance for each point accrued on your license through violations. The only way to remove them is to drive for three years without receiving a ticket, and one point will be taken off. It takes nine years of spotless driving to reduce three-point speeding ticket to nothing on your record.
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Tips & Warnings
Be wary of online driver's education programs that claim they help drivers clear their records. Check with the RMV about specific driver education programs.
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