Driver Licenses

Driver's License Renewal
Renew your Class D or Class M Massachusetts Driver's License. You may be eligible to renew your license online. Instructions to renew your license at an RMV branch office.

Replace Your Driver's License
Required information you need to provide. How to have your drivers license renewed.

Massachusetts License Introduction
Who Needs a Massachusetts License. Photo-Image Licenses and other important information and links to obtain a Massachusetts Driver's License.

Driver's Education Certificate Lookup
No-fee transaction that allows you to verify if you have been issued a Driver’s Education Certificate.

Booking a Road Test
Book a Class D Road Test, Class M Road Test, CDL Road Test and Cancellation Policy.

Obtaining a Class D Permit and License
Requirements and Restrictions for permits and drivers license. Instructions and how to information in simple and easy to follow steps from The Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles.

Motorcycle Permit and License
Obtaining a Motorcycle Permits and Licenses. Documentation Requirements. Obtaining your Class M Permit. Obtaining a Duplicate Class M Permit and other important information.

Obtain a Commercial Driver License
Commercial Driver License classes, endorsements, and testing requirements. Eligibility Requirements for CDL Permit and License. Documentation Requirements. Written Exam Information. Operation of a Vehicle with a CDL Permit. Requirements for Road Test and more related information.

Converting an Out-of-State License
Recently moved to Massachusetts? you must obtain a valid Massachusetts license upon becoming a resident. To Convert Your License or Converting a License from a Foreign Country. Testing Requirements and more.

School Bus License
School Bus (S) Endorsement. Free download of School Bus Driver "S" Endorsement brochure which shows Fees, Maintaining your school bus drivers certificate and other important information.

Suspensions & Hearings
Obtaining a Copy of Your Driving Record. Processing Time and Obtaining a Driving Record by Mail or in person. Reinstating Your License and Out-of-State Suspensions and Revocations with other helpful links.

Massachusetts Vehicle Registration & Titling

Registration Renewal
Renew your Massachusetts registration. Renewing your Trailer Plate, Commercial Registration, Expired Passenger (PAN) Registration. Renewing a No-Fee Registration, Changing Information on Your Registration and other registration renewals.

Replace Your Registration for most plates
Requesting a replacement registration. Required information you need to provide and more helpful instructions.

Registration Inquiry
Online Registration Inquiry Transaction. Request a vehicle record. registration status, registration expiration date, a link to associated registration fees, last vehicle inspection date with result and insurance information. Additional information may be obtained by providing subsequent user validation details.

Title/Lien Inquiry
Vehicle owners and Lienholders alike may use this transaction to track a title, to verify lienholder accuracy, or to ensure a title has been sent to the appropriate party.

Instructions for Ordering Special Plates
Begin your special plate order. Conditions before ordering a Special Plate and what you will need to complete the process.

Applying for a Registration
Please refer to this section if you have purchased a new or used vehicle and are applying for a new registration. Light and Medium Duty Vehicles That Have Not Been Previously Titled. To Register and Title Vehicles Purchased from a Massachusetts Dealer, To Register and Title Vehicles Purchased from an Out-of-State Dealer and Register and Title Vehicles Purchased from a Non-Dealer. Other information and instructions.

Transferring a Registration
For purchased new or used vehicles and need to transfer an existing registration to the vehicle. Grace Period for Transferring a Registration and more helpful information.

Amend your Registration
Amending a Registration fees, processing time and how to information.

Canceling a Registration
How To cancel your Registration and To Cancel a Registration Without the Plates.

Converting an Out-of-State Registration
Vehicles Exempt from Massachusetts Sales Tax, fees. Instructions to Process an Out-of-State Conversion. Bringing Leased Vehicles to Massachusetts and other helpful related information.

Title & Salvage
Adding a Lienholder, Corrected Titles, Duplicate Titles, Electronic Lien and Title, History Search, New York Salvage Titles, Original Titles, Out-of-State Salvage Titles, Owner Retained Titles, Recovered Theft Titles, Salvage Inspections, Salvage Title Definition, Salvage Titles, Title Law, Types and Definitions and more information and law.

Misc. Links
Official RMV links by the state of Massachusetts. Access sources to many services free. Get help, information and instructions. You may be able to complete your objective online with ease. Avoid standing in lines and scheduling your time around the RMV hours of operation.

RMV Express online Transactions
Change Your Address, Order Special Plates, Pay Citations (Tickets), Registration Inquiry, Renew Your Driver's License, Renew Your Mass ID, Renew Your Registration, Replace Your Driver's License, Replace Your Mass ID, Request a Duplicate Registration Title/Lien Inquiry, Verify Your Driver's Ed Certificate and many other important links.

Change of Address
Request a Change of Address for yourself online. Simply fill required fields and your you can update the information instantly and quickly without paperwork or mailing.

Vanity Plates
Requirements to get vanity plates. Ordering Vanity Plates. Search to help you determine if the plate you'd like to request has already been issued.

Branch Information & Wait Times
Click on any branch name to see information about location, nearest branches, hours, suspension hearings, services, payment methods, directions, and wait times for licensing and registration.

Official Website of the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles Home page

Manuals for drivers licenses
No need to visit the RMV locations. Download various manuals from your computer free and easily.

Driver's Manual

Commercial Driver's License Manual

Motorcycle Manual

FAQs
Answers to common questions. For a drivers licenses, first time drivers and other helpful answers. Simple and free from your computer saving you trips back and forth to the Drivers services locations.

Licensing and ID FAQs
Address Change
Dealer Information
Driver Privacy Protection
Hours and Locations
Inspections
Insurance
Junior Operator License (JOL)
Miscellaneous
Online Transactions
Registrations and Titles
Section 5 Information
Web Browser Security

Forms

Official RMV forms you can download, view or print from you computer free without having to go the location or waste time by trying to contact the Registry of Motor Vehicles.

Accident Report
Change of Address
Dealer Forms
Disabled Placard/Plate
Driving Schools
Employment Application
Identity Theft
Inspections
Licensing
Medical Affairs
Miscellaneous
Registration
Section 5
Tax Assessors and Collectors
Title