Florida DMV Driving Record

Do you need a copy of your Florida driving record for employment or insurance purposes? Find out what kind of driving record you need and how to get it.

If you just want to check the status of your license, you can do that for free through the website of the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles.

Types of Florida Driving Records

There are three types of driving records: a 3-year driving record, a 7-year driving record, and a complete driving record.

3-year or 7-year driving record

Drivers license or ID card issuances
Exams you have passed
Drivers education
Guilty dispositions of traffic violations from the past 3 or 7 years
Crashes that resulted directly in a traffic citation (these remain on your record for as long as an associated guilty disposition)
All open suspensions, revocations, cancellations, or disqualifications placed on your driving privilege
Suspensions, revocations, cancellations, or disqualifications that were cleared within the past 3 or 7 years; suspensions that have been purged do not appear on the record
D-6 suspensions (failure to comply) with reinstatement dates from the past year; after 2 more years they are converted to a correspondence entry and will not appear on your 3-year or 7-year driving record

Complete driving record

Drivers license or ID card issuances
Exams you have passed
Drivers education
All traffic violations with dispositions of guilty or adjudication withheld
Crashes that resulted directly in a traffic citation (these remain on your record for as long as an associated guilty disposition)
All open or closed suspensions, revocations, cancellations, or disqualifications placed on your driving privilege; suspensions that have been purged do not appear on the record
D-6 suspensions (failure to comply) with reinstatement dates from the past year; after 2 more years they are converted to correspondence entries and will still appear on your record; suspensions that have been purged do not appear on the record
Correspondence entries made by the clerk of court indicating adjudication withheld for traffic violations if you made a school election but were not eligible or did not complete the course
Department-approved correspondence

How to Purchase Your Record

You may purchase your own driver record from:

Driver license office
Tax collector that offers driver licensing services
Court clerks who provide this service
Private vendor

To order your record by mail, complete the Driver License Record Request Form and mail it to the following address along with a personal check or money order for the appropriate fee made out to the Division of Motorist Services:

Bureau of Records
P.O. Box 5775
Tallahassee, Florida 32314-5775

If you want to send your request by next-day delivery, mail it to:
Bureau of Records
2900 Apalachee Parkway, MS 90
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0575

Reading Your Florida Driving Record

Your Florida driving record includes the following sections:

Drivers License or ID Information: At the very top of your copy of your driving record, you will see either your current Florida drivers license number or your name. Below that you will find the current status of your license (valid, expired, suspended, revoked, cancelled, or disqualified).

Personal Information: This includes your full name, date of birth, sex, height, race, residential address, and mailing address. Your personal information may be blocked because of the Driver Privacy Protection Act (DPPA), in which case your address will not be displayed and your name will not appear on the record if your drivers license number is displayed.

Current License Type: This section displays the class of license you currently have:

Class E Learners
Class E
Class A, B, and C
Current identification card or Class N (if you do not have a license)

Original License and Prior State Information: “Original License Issued” and “Original CDL Issued” are the dates on which your Florida licenses were first issued. If you were previously licensed in another state and surrendered your out-of-state license, this information will be listed under “Prior State and Driver License Number”.

License Type: The section displays your current license and its status (eligible, non eligible, suspended, canceled, disqualified, or revoked) and issue and expiration dates. Previous permits, ID cards, operators license, or commercial drivers licenses are also displayed in this section.

Issuance History: This includes the dates of all the original issuances, renewals, and replacements of your licenses or identification cards.

Exams: All exams you have taken are listed in this section with the number of attempts, results, and dates.

CDL Exams: All commercial drivers license exams you have taken are listed in this section with the number of attempts, results, and dates.

Restrictions and Endorsements: This includes all your restrictions and endorsements, such as corrective lenses, daylight driving only, or motorcycle endorsements.

Special Driver Information: This section includes general information about your status or driving record.

Sanctions: Sanctions can be placed on your driving privilege for violating state or federal laws. This section shows any sanctions, dates of the sanction, and whether action is required.

Violations: This section displays state and federal traffic violations you have been convicted of. It also lists the disposition (guilty or adjudication withheld), dates of the offense and disposition, the county, the state, the number of points assigned to the violation if any, the citation number, a description of the violation, the date the violation was added to your record, and if you elected to attend driver school.

Crashes: This includes crashes you have been in that resulted in a citation. The entry includes the date, county or state, a description of the severity of the crash, the agency that investigated the crash, and the crash report number.

Drivers Schools: Drivers schools courses you completed because of violations or sanctions are listed in this section. This includes courses like basic driver improvement courses, intermediate driver improvement courses, or advanced driver improvement courses.

Correspondence: This includes information about school elections for traffic violations made by the clerk of court if you were not eligible to elect or if you did not complete the course on time. A complete driving record will also display information about whether you have satisfied any sanctions.