Michigan Driver’s License Penalties Civil & Criminal (2025)
In Michigan, having your driving privileges suspended, revoked, or restricted is one of the most disruptive legal penalties anyone can face. Whether resulting from a DUI, drug conviction, or multiple traffic violations, Michigan’s driver’s license civil & criminal sanctions affect thousands of people every single year.
These penalties...
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Michigan Driver’s License Restoration Fees: How Much Does It Cost in 2025?
The revocation of s person’s driver’s license in Michigan leads to significant frustration. Many people find the process of trying regain their driving privileges more daunting than losing them initially. Navigating all the details – the substance use evaluation, testimonial support letters, other paperwork, and then a hearing – can be overwhelming...
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Driver’s License Restoration – How To Win Your License Back
Key Takeaways
When helping you get your driver’s license back, even driver’s license reinstatement lawyers will fail if they do not delve deeply enough into your history to find all the items the Michigan Secretary of State’s Office of Hearings and Administrative...
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Michigan Sobriety Court: A Second Chance For Repeat DUI Offenders
Key Takeaways
Sobriety Court is a specialty court program for certain people with prior DUI convictions.
The program emphasizes Alcohol and substance abuse treatment.
Participants may obtain a restricted license through Sobriety Court rather than having...
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Clear Michigan Driving Record Of a “Hold” On Your Driver’s License
Key Takeaways
If your driver’s license number shows up as revoked in Michigan when you want to obtain or renew a license in another state, you will have to clear the “hold” caused by the revocation in Michigan first.
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Clearances for Those Who no Longer Live in Michigan
Key Takeaways
If you left Michigan with a suspended or revoked license, that becomes a “hold” if you try and get a license in another state.
A Michigan hold that can also prevent someone who previously had a license...
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Guide to Successfully Reinstating a Michigan Driver’s License
Key Takeaways
A revoked license is permanent and requires a formal restoration appeal, whereas a suspended license has a set timeframe and can be reinstated after fulfilling specific conditions.
Restoring your revoked Michigan driver’s license is often complex, because...
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Winning a Michigan Driver’s License Restoration Case Before the OHAO
How to win a Michigan license Reinstatement Appeal Before the OHAO
The Michigan agency that handles all driver’s license restoration and clearance appeals is called the “Office of Hearings and Administrative Oversight,” or OHAO., for short. It is a sub-division of the Michigan Secretary of State...
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Winning Michigan License Restoration With Medical Marijuana Card
It may come as a surprise that a medical marijuana card is a frequent obstacle to winning a Michigan driver’s license restoration case, but it’s true. This topic is so misunderstood that it needs to be specifically addressed. There is no doubt that much of the confusion arises because recreational marijuana is...
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The Substance Use Evaluation (SUE) in Michigan Driver’s License Restoration Cases
A good and solid substance use evaluation (SUE) is required as the foundation fort a winning Michigan driver’s license restoration or clearance appeal case. If the evaluation does not qualify as accurate, favorable, and legally sufficient, then the appeal will be denied. In the real world, most people learn this when they...
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Ignition Interlock Violations and the Michigan Secretary of State
In our roles as Michigan driver’s license restoration lawyers, we handle a lot of ignition interlock violation cases. We regularly save people from having their licenses permanently revoked. Many interlock violations seem unnecessary, and indeed, some really are unfair. However, there are also others that arise because a person does, in fact, test positive...
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What’s so Special About Us?
Perhaps the most important thing to know about our firm is that we are a genuine Michigan driver’s license restoration and DUI lawyers. We don’t just “do” license cases – we GUARANTEE to win them because they are the focus of our practice.
Each year, my team and I handle well over...
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