Top Checking Your Driver's License Status

The Florida Division of Driver Licenses (DDL) receives more than 1 million requests for driver transcripts each year. While most of these requests come from insurance companies, law enforcement, and courts, you are also entitled to request driving records for your own needs.

Your driving record will contain pertinent information such as violations, suspensions, revocations, and restrictions. In compliance with state and federal laws, your name will not appear on your record; your driver license number will be the only identifying information.

Top Obtaining Your Driving Record

To obtain a driving record directly from the DDL, you'll need to submit a written request that includes the following information: individual's full name, birth date, Social Security number, Florida driver license number, and the address where you want the record sent.

The fees for driving records are $2.10 for a three-year record, and $3.10 for a seven-year (or complete) record. If you want a certified copy of either, you'll be charged $3.10. Personal checks and money orders are accepted, made payable to Division of Driver Licenses.

Mail your request, along with applicable fees, to:

• Bureau of Records

• P.O. Box 5775

• Tallahassee, FL 32314-5775

If you are sending the request by next-day carriers, send it to:

• Bureau of Records

• 2900 Apalachee Parkway, MS 90

• Tallahassee, FL 32399-0575

If you wish to correct errors found on your driving record, the DDL Customer Service Center will have to review it. Call (850) 617-2000 for more information about submitting a request for review.

Top Traffic Schools and Tickets

If you attended traffic school to erase a traffic ticket from your driving record, that ticket will not show up on your record. But don't worry about an error; the driving record only reflects infractions that actually went to court. When you take care of a ticket through driving school, that case is considered "adjudication withheld" (or not judged in court) and will therefore not show up on a three- or seven-year record.

Top Ordering a Record Online

It's also possible to obtain your driving record online or via e-mail through state-approved third-party providers.

Top Clearance Letters No Longer Necessary

It used to be that a clearance letter was required from the state DDL when you applied for a driver license in another state. Today, however, all states have instant access to driver records through a nationally-networked database. The DDL still handles special or extenuating circumstances, however. You can reach them at (850) 617-2000.

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