Driving records — Massachusetts Permit Test
Driving records on the Massachusetts permit test — 3 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
An attested copy of a Massachusetts Public Driving Record costs $20.
Attested means stamped as genuine, which is what another state or a court will want. The unattested copy is cheaper and not official.
The cost of an attested driving record is $20.
An unattested driving record costs $8 and is only available online.
It is the same information without the stamp, for a driver who wants to check their own record rather than prove it.
you can order an unattested driving record for $8 (this option is only available online)
A driving record ordered by mail or phone may take ten business days to arrive.
Two weeks is a long time when a road test or a job depends on it. Ordering online is the way around it.
If you order a driving record by mail or phone, it may take ten business days to get it.
On the test
What does an attested Massachusetts driving record cost?
A $20 fee. Attested means stamped as genuine, which is what another state or a court will want. The unattested copy is cheaper and not official. Massachusetts Driver's Manual, p.61: “The cost of an attested driving record is $20.”
How this works
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Where these come from
Every rule here is checked against Massachusetts Driver's Manual, published by the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-09-16.
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/MA.pdf (Massachusetts Driver's Manual, Revised April 2026, Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles, retrieved 2026-09-14 from mass.gov)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/MA.pages.txt (pdftotext -layout over that PDF; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/SOURCES.json (sha256, folio offset 8, folioMarker, nonLawPages, signGalleryPages and the extraction flag, each with its measured basis)