Driving Record

[boxer127]

Does anybody know where I can get my entire driving record. Alot of people tell me dmv but I went there a dozen times and they only go back three years. Someone had told me that your driving record only goes back ten years but I dont think thats true. I know Im going to get called for at least one if not two or three tests I have taken and I hear they ask for every ticket you were ever issued. I had alot of tickets when I was younger, between 7and 11 years ago but I been clean since then. I cant remember all the dates and dispositons. Has anyone had any situation close to this and if so what did you do.

[NYSJAILER2008]

Does anybody know where I can get my entire driving record. Alot of people tell me dmv but I went there a dozen times and they only go back three years. Someone had told me that your driving record only goes back ten years but I dont think thats true. I know Im going to get called for at least one if not two or three tests I have taken and I hear they ask for every ticket you were ever issued. I had alot of tickets when I was younger, between 7and 11 years ago but I been clean since then. I cant remember all the dates and dispositons. Has anyone had any situation close to this and if so what did you do.
I think you can go to dmv and send a form off to albany that goes back ten years for a driving manifest...I had to do the same thing for past and current agency. But ask Dmv if they still do this.

[boxer127]

Thanks but I tried dmv they said there records only go back three years and I even called albany and they told me the same thing

[Spigini]

I just got my drivers abstract from DMV. If it says i'm clean on there then thats all that matters to me lol. I've only had 3 tickets since i started driving which is only 6 yrs ago but haven't had one in like 3 yrs so. We'll see what my BI says.

[Jayc6018]

I just got my drivers abstract from DMV. If it says i'm clean on there then thats all that matters to me lol. I've only had 3 tickets since i started driving which is only 6 yrs ago but haven't had one in like 3 yrs so. We'll see what my BI says.

Agreed, only that whats on your abstract and thats it. :D

[JackieBoy]

This is what you need to do: Go to any Traffic Violations Bureau located in a DMV and ask one of the clerks to pull up your entire driving record from 11 years ago. They cannot give you a printout of your convictions, but one of them might be nice enough to dictate the details verbally to you & you can write down the dates. They can also pull up all your suspensions from years back as well. Just let them know it's for an LE application.

Thanks but I tried dmv they said there records only go back three years and I even called albany and they told me the same thing

[PBXTech]

Does anybody know where I can get my entire driving record. Alot of people tell me dmv but I went there a dozen times and they only go back three years. Someone had told me that your driving record only goes back ten years but I dont think thats true. I know Im going to get called for at least one if not two or three tests I have taken and I hear they ask for every ticket you were ever issued. I had alot of tickets when I was younger, between 7and 11 years ago but I been clean since then. I cant remember all the dates and dispositons. Has anyone had any situation close to this and if so what did you do.

Here is some reading for you. Here is the link to order your abstract.

http://www.nydmv.state.ny.us/driverabstract/default.html

I have had tickets when I was 18 and 19. I have not had a ticket in 10 years. My abstract had nothing on it. Order right from dmv not there sponsor. They want triple the price.

As stated below it shows that some issues may stay on your record for 10 years or more.

What information appears on DMV records?
Driver Abstract

A driver abstract shows:

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, and moving violation convictions.
The DMV collects your Social Security Number (SSN) when you apply for a NYS driver 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. (More information is available below.)

The date you first received your NYS Driver license. If you take a road test to receive your original NYS 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 NYS 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. 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 NYS driver license does not serve a probation period. The abstract of the NYS 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, the DMV cannot provide information about the date that your first driver license was issued.

Accidents, convictions, suspensions and revocations. Accidents, convictions for moving violations, and the suspensions or the revocations of your driver license remain on your driver record for these time periods:

A moving violation conviction or an accident normally remains on a driver record during the year that the conviction or the accident occurred, and for the following three calendar years. (Note: The DMV uses the year when the conviction occurred, not the year when the violation occurred.)

The DMV removes a conviction or an accident from a driver record on January 1 of the fourth year after the year of the conviction or the accident. For example, an accident or a conviction that occurred during 2003 remains on the driver record until January 1, 2007.

A conviction that is alcohol-related or drug-related (for example, DWI or DWAI) remains on a driver record for exactly 10 years. If a driver is convicted of the same violation during that 10 years, the driver can receive additional penalties.

There are other convictions and accidents of a serious type that can remain on a driver record for more than 10 years.

A suspension or a revocation of a driver license that was not cleared or not terminated remains on a driver record indefinitely.

A suspension or a revocation that was cleared or terminated remains on a driver record for four years from the date the suspension or revocation was terminated. (Note: The DMV uses the year when the suspension or the revocation was cleared or terminated, not the year when the suspension or the revocation began.)

Note: Employers and organizations frequently ask for a driver abstract that shows all the activity for the previous 10 or more years. The DMV cannot provide a driver abstract that shows information that is different from the information that is described above.

[NorwichCadet]

boxer let me tell you..you shouldn't have told them anything if your driving record is clean. I had to do that for the MTA police....i have nothing on my record but i did get traffic violations that inturn at court either got dismissed or i paid the fine with no record. But i wrote all of that on my background packet so i had to go to each Courthouse to get a recipet of payment or the dispositions of each. that i paid. And the NYS traffic court doesn't help either. I had a violation dismissed and i lost the paperwork about 5 years ago and i asked them if they could reprint me it to bring to my background investigator and they said they weren't allowed to do it. Even had the investagor on the phone with them. Basically what's on your drivers ABSTRACT is what the background investigator is going to see nothing else.

[NorwichCadet]

and honestly if your confused about something ask your background investator

[Jayc6018]

boxer let me tell you..you shouldn't have told them anything if your driving record is clean. I had to do that for the MTA police....i have nothing on my record but i did get traffic violations that inturn at court either got dismissed or i paid the fine with no record. But i wrote all of that on my background packet so i had to go to each Courthouse to get a recipet of payment or the dispositions of each. that i paid. And the NYS traffic court doesn't help either. I had a violation dismissed and i lost the paperwork about 5 years ago and i asked them if they could reprint me it to bring to my background investigator and they said they weren't allowed to do it. Even had the investagor on the phone with them. Basically what's on your drivers ABSTRACT is what the background investigator is going to see nothing else.

So you are saying a basic abstract that goes back 3 yrs is all you need correct?

I got my packet from papd so I want to make sure before I put anything down.

[boxer127]

I hope your right but I have a friend who tried to get a pistol permit and they brought up old tickets that were not on his abstact. I havent got called so I havnt said anything but I dont want to get dqed for lying. Alot of people I talk to seem to tell me that there agency asked for every ticket they were ever issued. By the way how did you make out with the mta. Thanks to all who replied I will try a few of the suggestions.

[hxd]

An abstract that you get from the DMV only goes back three years.

That does NOT mean that other agencies don't keep records that go back farther. I know for a fact that a local agency in NY has a record of a UTT that I received in 1997. The UTT was not issued in their county, nor was it issued by that agency.

If I were to omit that UTT on my background packet, and someone were to inquire about my background at that agency, it WILL show up.

Not being honest about everything is BAD juju!