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Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) - Driving Record





How to Get DMV Records
Read this section completely. Not all DMV records are available by the same method.

There is a fee of $6 for each search that is made. There is no guarantee of the results of the search. The fee is not refundable.
Personal checks or money orders must be made payable to "Commissioner of Motor Vehicles". If your request for a driver abstract does not include a DPPA permissible use, you will receive only a masked abstract. An explanation of a masked abstract appears below. At the DMV web site

If your address has not changed, you can order an abstract of your driver record on-line. You must provide the information from your driver license to prove your identity and you must use a credit card to pay the fee. The search fee is $6. Wait one week for your driver abstract to arrive by mail.

By Telephone
You can order an abstract of your driver record, registration abstract, or title abstract by telephone. You must provide the information from your driver license to prove your identity and you must use a credit card to pay the fees. There is a search fee of $6 and a processing fee of $5. The total is $11. Wait one week for your driver abstract to arrive by mail.

To order by telephone:
from area codes 315, 518, 585, 607, 716: 1-800-225-5368
from other area codes: 1-518-473-5595.
By Mail

You can use form MV-15 to order a DMV record by mail. Make sure that you have a DPPA permissible use for the information. You must include a photocopy of your proof of identity and a personal check or money order to pay the search fee of $6. Send these items to the address that is listed on the form.

If form MV-15 does not list a record that you need to request, you can use form MV-15F.

http://www.nydmv.state.ny.us/




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