Searching Records with Record Search Service
Search Categories
Log Into Record Search Service
You may use the Record Search Service to browse the below categories using the corresponding search options within each:
- License - Motorist identification number OR name and date of birth
- Registration - Plate number of name and date of birth
- Plate number - Plate number OR name and date of birth OR vehicle identification number
- Vehicle identification number - May only be searched using a 17-character VIN
Search Fees
You will incur a search fee of $7 per search. Vehicle abstracts will also have an additional $1 cost for printing and mailing of the abstract. This fee is for the search, not the results.
Abstracts
The abstract - a summary of the information in the record - bears a time/date stamp in the upper left-hand corner showing the date and time that it was printed.
Some changes to a driver license record may be visible in real-time, but most are done via batch processing after midnight. Even if some changes are immediately visible, the record is not considered complete until the following day when other changes may be posted to the record.
Contact
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Mailing Address:
Records Search Service
New York State DMV
6 Empire State Plaza, Room 231
Albany, NY 12228