Category: Driver’s License Restoration

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

For as complicated as Michigan driver’s license restoration and clearance appeals are, the main thing you must do is prove that you have given up drinking for good. In this section, I want to explain what that means in the context of being able to win your license back...

After the substance use evaluation has been checked and the letters of support have been edited, revised, and then passed our team’s final proofreading, we’ll file all the required documents and wait to be notified of our license appeal hearing date. The notice, when received, will contains 2 vital pieces of information:

An “administrative review," or license appeal by mail, is a risky proposition and that the Michigan Secretary of State's  Office of Hearings and Administrative Oversight (OHAO) denies about 3 out of every 4 it receives. There is a much better way to win a clearance of the Michigan “hold” upon your driving...

The Michigan Secretary of State includes a notice of proper ignition interlock use in every order it issues granting a driver’s license restoration appeal. For reference, it is reprinted below. None of this applies to anyone who obtains a clearance, which removes Michigan’s hold on...