Motor Vehicle Record Check / Driver's Abstract

Driver's Abstract (DA) - CA

A Driver's Abstract check includes discovering traffic citations, vehicular crimes, accidents, driving under the influence convictions and the number of points on the applicant’s driver’s license.

Motor Vehicle Record Check (MVR) - US

A Motor Vehicle Record report shows a copy of a candidate's driving record which includes license status, traffic citations and accident history through a state's Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV). Additional state fees apply.

Availability

This check is available in Canada :flag_ca: and the US :flag_us:
This check is available for a quickscreen :warning: in some provinces and states

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Limitations

Quick screen is not available for the following province:

• British Columbia (BC)
  • Applicants must initiate the request themselves via the BC portal while completing the process with Certn.

We currently do not offer driver's abstracts for the following provinces:

• Alberta (AB)
  • Applicants get their driver’s abstract by going to a [registering agent.
• Québec (QC)
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Limitations

[Access the MVR state forms and instructions

Some states have special requirements on MVRs. Complete the following steps prior to running those checks:

• Pennsylvania (PA)
  • Applicants must sign a release form for Certn to run the check. Sign our provided affidavit if you anticipate a large number of requests from that state.
• Utah (UT)
  • Your organization must register with the state to run MVRs. Once done, add Certn as an authorized vendor and contact us with your Vendor ID.
• Washington (WA)
  • Both you and your applicant must sign a release form for Certn to run the check. Provide the signed copy to our customer support team when required. {% endtab %} {% endtabs %}

Parameters

Request flag

Include this flag in the body of your request:

request_motor_vehicle_records

Invite parameters

To invite an applicant to complete a screen, include this parameter in the body of your request:

• email

See all available Application parameters

Quickscreen parameters

To complete a quickscreen, include these parameters in the body of your request:

• information

  • first_name
  • last_name
  • date_of_birth
  • addresses (min 1)
  • license_number
  • license_prov_state

  position_or_property_location

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Example request

{
    "request_motor_vehicle_records": true,
    "information": {
        "first_name": "Andrew",
        "last_name": "McLeod",
        "date_of_birth": "1970-06-28",
        "addresses": [{
                "address": "4412 King Alfred Court",
                "city": "Victoria",
                "province_state": "BC",
                "country": "CA",
                "current": true
            }
        ],
        "license_number": "1234567",
        "license_prov_state": "BC"
    },
    "position_or_property_location": {
        "address": "Tiffany & Co., 97 Greene St",
        "city": "New York City",
        "county": "New York",
        "province_state": "NY",
        "country": "US",
        "postal_code": "10012",
        "location_type": "Position Location"
    }
}

Report

Report field: motor_vehicle_record_result

Test data

British Columbia, Canada :flag_ca:

Send Driver's Abstract requests with the following sets of data on our demo environment to retrieve our pre-filled reports for BC applicants.