DMV Report Abstracts

Driver Abstracts

Driver abstracts show:

• the name, the date of birth, and the mailing address of the driver;
• the driver license class, endorsements, and restrictions;
• the current status and the expiration date of the driver license;
• any suspensions or revocations of the driver license; accidents (such as drinking and driving), and moving violation convictions.

The DMV collects your Social Security Number (SSN) when you apply for a driver's license. Your SSN does not appear on records or documents issued by the DMV.

Note: The DMV lists an accident on the records of every driver in the accident. An accident that appears on a driver record does not assign the fault to that driver. The DMV does not determine the fault in an accident.

The DMV normally deletes a driver record after the driver license expires and is not renewed for five years. An incident that appears on the record can require the DMV to keep the record for more than five years.

If you take a road test to receive your original driver license, your driver record displays a "probation start" date and a "probation end" date.  These dates are displayed on your driver record for nine years.

The probation start date is the date that you passed your road test.  The probation start date is normally  the date that your first driver license was issued.  

Important:  If you took a required road test after a revocation, the date of that road test becomes the probation start date displayed on your record and DMV report abstracts.  The original probation start date does not show on your record, and your record will not show the date your first license was issued.

An abstract of your driver record that is printed within nine years of the probation end date will display the probation dates.  An abstract of your driver record that is printed more than nine years after the probation end date does not display the probation dates.

A driver who exchanges a driver license from another state or a Canadian province to receive a driver license does not serve a probation period.  The DMV report abstractst of the driver record does not display a probation start date or a probation end date.

If the abstract of your driver record does not display the probation dates on your DMV report abstracts, the DMV cannot provide information about the date that your first driver license was issued.

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