

In other words, the DAAD is being asked to completely “clear” them. This means that they’re asking the Secretary of State’s Driver Assessment and Appeal Division (DAAD), which handles License Appeals, to give them the green light to obtain whatever kind of License they can obtain in another State. In other words, a person who has moved out of state is not eligible to have a Michigan Driver’s License “Restored,” unless they’re moving back to Michigan. To clear the way for being Licensed in another state, a person must obtain a “Clearance” of their Michigan Driver’s License. Of course, I know that anyone contacting me about a Michigan Clearance has already been denied in another State. To the best of my knowledge, every state in the Country now runs a check of the NDR before issuing a License. Obviously, since the time each of those Clients first obtained their out-of-state License, both Florida and Oregon began checking the National Driving Register.

In each case, they were told that they would be unable to renew those Licenses until the Revocations from Michigan are cleared. I have 2 License Appeal cases right now, one for a person who was able to get a License in Florida, and another in Oregon, some years ago. In fact, although I have no specific data regarding when any particular state started using the NDR, what’s clear is that any number of years ago, some states clearly did not. Once a person comes back as Revoked in Michigan, the state in which the Person is trying to get a License will inform them that they are ineligible for a License until they clear up the Michigan Revocation. Thus, when a person goes into a Department of Motor Vehicles in a state other than Michigan (where we call such a bureau the “Secretary of State”), a check is run both through that state’s records, and the NDR. This is because the National Driving Register ( NOT the “National Driving Registry,” which is a for-profit site trying to cash in on the similarity of the names), maintained by the National Highway Traffic Safety administration, keeps a record of all state actions against a person’s License. This article will focus on those situations where a person whose Driver’s License has been Revoked in Michigan has been able to obtain a License in another State, only to find that they cannot renew it and must clear up the Michigan Revocation before they can be re-licensed elsewhere.Īs a general rule, once a person’s License has been Revoked in Michigan, they will be unable to secure a License in any other State. One such circumstance has come up several times recently. Since a good part of my Practice involves handling License Appeals for people who have moved out of State, I’ve run across pretty much every situation imaginable as it relates to having a Michigan License that has been Revoked for 2 or more DUI’s. In this blog, I have tried to answer as many of those as possible, and anyone interested in learning about this Process should read through the whole Driver’s License Restoration category.
As a Driver’s License Restoration Attorney, I get questions about every part of the License Appeal process.
