Nys dmv driving record

[TIMMYDOME]

I am applying for a law enforcement position in the state of Florida. I am required to obtain a certified 10 year driving record from the DMV for my background check. My problem is that I live in New York State and the DMV only keeps an accident or conviction on record for the remainder of the calander year that the incident occured and the following three years. So if I was in an accident or was convicted in 2003 it would be removed from my record on January 1st 2007. Does anyone know how I can obtain a certified driving record in NYS that goes back 10 years? Has anyone else ran into a similar problem? Any information would be greatly appreciated.

[phantasm]

I am applying for a law enforcement position in the state of Florida. I am required to obtain a certified 10 year driving record from the DMV for my background check. My problem is that I live in New York State and the DMV only keeps an accident or conviction on record for the remainder of the calander year that the incident occured and the following three years. So if I was in an accident or was convicted in 2003 it would be removed from my record on January 1st 2007. Does anyone know how I can obtain a certified driving record in NYS that goes back 10 years? Has anyone else ran into a similar problem? Any information would be greatly appreciated.

Get a printout from traffic violations burea in NY, as opposed to DMV.

[TIMMYDOME]

Thanks for the information. I may be wrong but is seems that the TVB handles incidents in the NYC Metropolitan Area, Suffolk County, Buffalo and Rochester. I live in Orange County which is where the two moving violation citations I have received occured. Will the TVB still have information pertaining to those? Thanks again for the info, I had never heard of the TVB before this.

[Roger Dat]

Just because it doesnt show up on a regular check of your license doesnt mean DMV doesnt still have it. Go to DMV and tell them you need a complete driver abstract.

[TIMMYDOME]

When I called the DMV and explained my situation, the woman I spoke to said they could not give me an abstract of my entire driving history. She referred me to the NYS DMV website and said that I could find all of the information on driving record abstracts there and I found this . . .

The Information on DMV Records
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.

[Joeyd6]

When I called the DMV and explained my situation, the woman I spoke to said they could not give me an abstract of my entire driving history. She referred me to the NYS DMV website and said that I could find all of the information on driving record abstracts there and I found this . . .

There is your first problem! Get off your butt and GO TO DMV with the Flroida application/paperwork in hand. Take a shower, shave, put on some nice clothes that are not wrinkeld, get a haircut and go there. Then smile, be polite, kiss some behind and see what magic you can work. You would be amazed at what happens!

Stop being lazy and complaining. Get up and do it!