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Massachusetts Changes Driving Records Law

Motor Vehicle Driving Records, or MVRs, as they are known, are an essential background check for trucking and transportation firms.  Employers in other industries also rely on the MVRs to ascertain certain characteristics and behavior patterns on their employment candidates.  Periodically, various Departments of Motor Vehicles or DMVs modify their regulations concerning driving records as background checks for preemployment screening purposes.

Such is the case with the Massachusetts Department of Motor Vehicles.  For those ordering MVR background checks for their job candidates, please be aware of the following change–

The recent Massachusetts law 201 regarding MVRs, which will affect what our clients with respect to what they can view on emailed or faxed reports that include Massachusetts MVR’s.  Massachusetts recently passed legislation which states that MVR results can no longer be sent via email or fax. As a result, we have introduced a change to emailed and faxed reports that have Massachusetts MVR’s. Instead of the full results, we will now send the following message only for Massachusetts MVR’s:

The Massachusetts Driving History Report is complete for [Applicant Name]. Due to the State of Massachusetts law 201 CMR 17.00, the results cannot be transmitted via email or fax. For the complete results, please view this report within your secure online client portal.

Please note that the other 49 states remain unchanged, and clients that view the online version of the report will see the full Massachusetts MVR results.

By Gordon Basichis

Gordon Basichis is the Co-Founder of Corra Group, specializing in pre-employment background checks and corporate research. He has been a marketing and media executive and has worked in the entertainment industry, the financial, health care and technology sectors. He is the author of the best selling Beautiful Bad Girl, The Vicki Morgan Story, a non-fiction novel that helped define exotic sexuality in the late twentieth century. He is the author of the Constant Travellers and has recently completed a new book, The Guys Who Spied for China, dealing with Chinese Espionage in the United States. He has been a journalist for several newspapers and is a screenwriter and producer.

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