Frequently Asked Questions

No, you cannot request a certified online driving record. A certified driving record can only be requested in person at the Florida DHSMV office or by mail. For more information, visit the Driving Record page.

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Yes, you do. In order to be allowed to take the Basic Driver Improvement Course, you will need to notify the court before attending the course within 30 days of receiving the ticket. You can only take one traffic school course every 12 months and no more than five times every ten years.

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When you get a traffic ticket, you have two options for traffic ticket fines: Plead Guilty or Plead not Guilty.

Plead Guilty

If you choose to pay your ticket, you will be accepting that you are guilty. Depending on the severity of the charges you might be allowed to take a state-approved Basic Driver Improvement Course to avoid getting points on your license and having your insurance rates increased.

Some traffic courts allow you to pay your ticket online with a credit card. Check the website of the Clerk of Court at the county where you got your ticket. If the county does not receive online payments, you will have to go to the court in person.

Plead Not Guilty

If you think you are not guilty and wish to plead no contest, or nolo contendere, you will be given the chance to fight the ticket in traffic court. This process is not simple and frequently requires professional assistance from a traffic ticket attorney. You may also incur in additional court costs and fees. You would still need to visit a Clerk of the Court to make your plea.

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Since Florida drivers records are public, anyone can get access to them to check your driving history. Some information is not revealed in public driving records, such as your Social Security Number. This type of data is only provided to attorneys, private detectives or government employees with legal reasons to request it. If you find out that someone got access to your records by misrepresenting themselves, you can file a lawsuit at the court.

There are also consent laws that require employers to ask for your permission before conducting a background check on you. If someone violates these rules, you must contact an attorney to find out how to proceed. You may have grounds for a civil lawsuit. In either case, you should get professional advice from a lawyer.

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There are several ways in which you may order your Florida driving record. You may purchase it from any drivers license or tax collectors office that offers licensing services.

If you want to receive the copy of your driving record by mail, you may complete the Driver License Records Request form and submit it together with the fee to:

Bureau of Records P.O. Box 5775 Tallahassee, Florida 32314-5775.

The order will be processed within two weeks.

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To get traffic fines dismissed in Florida, you must go to court and plead not guilty. You will have to present your reasons in front of a judge. It is up to the judge to decide whether you will have your ticket dismissed or not. You may also choose to hire an attorney to help you with the process.

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DMV driving records are public. If you have a reason to request someone elses driving record, you should not have any trouble ordering it. You may purchase the report from any driver license or tax collectors office that offers licensing services. You may also purchase driving records at the court clerks office. Take into account that the Driver Privacy Protection Act (DPPA) protects personal information, such as the Social Security Number, by making it private and releasing it only to selected people.

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If it is your first offense, you need to show proof of the DUI school enrollment at the Administrative Reviews Office in order to be considered for hardship license. If you are allowed to apply for a hardship license, you need to take that approval to the FL DHSMV office. You must complete DUI School and provide proof of completion within 90 days following reinstatement.

If you have refused to submit a chemical test more than once when it pertains to driving under the influence, you will not be able to apply for early reinstatement due to hardship. You will have to wait for your suspension period to end to apply for reinstatement.

When you reinstate your license, no matter if it is for a hardship or drivers license, you need to comply with the suspension period, take the vision, driving and knowledge exams, and pay for the administrative and revocation fees.

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You can remove points from your FL drivers license for certain offenses by taking a Basic Rider Improvement Course. Before taking the course, you have 30 days to notify the court that you will be taking this course.

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It varies depending on how many points you get during specific periods:

• If you get 12 points in 12 months, your drivers license will be suspended for 30 days.
• If you get 18 points in 18 months, your drivers license will be suspended for 90 days.
• If you get 24 points in 36 months, your drivers license will be suspended for 12 months.

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You are allowed to go to traffic school up to five times in your life, but no more than that. You can also go once in a year. You will be told by the court and the county where you received the ticket whether you can go to traffic school to get those points removed or not.

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You can access the online driver license checker at the FL DHSMV website, and then enter your driver license number, and the verification characters in the picture. You will receive information about your license that may include traffic tickets. If you find the traffic ticket using the online system, you will be able to pay for it, but if you do not find any information about your ticket, you will have to locate it through a different method.

If you did not find your ticket through the online system, you will have to go to the County Clerk of the Court in the county in which you were given the ticket. You can get a list of the courts accessing the Florida Department of State Division of Library & Information Services website and contact Clerks of the Court in Florida for traffic ticket prices.

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First time offenders of a Florida DUI can get a hardship license before the revocation period ends. You will have to go to a FLHSMV Administrative Reviews Office in person and provide proof of completion of DUI School and/or treatment.

At the time you get arrested for DUI you will have to provide proof of bodily injury liability insurance of a minimum of $20,000 per occurrence and $10,000 per person, and $10,000 property damage liability or proof of bodily injury liability coverage

You can also wait for the revocation period to end, or if you have been convicted more than once for DUI, then you can apply to get your license back at a FLHSMV agency. You will have to take the vision, written and road tests again and pay an administrative fee, a reinstatement fee, and a license fee. The amounts you have to pay vary on a case by case basis.

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• Driver License Check: You have the option to review the current status of your license online by using the FL DHSMV website for free.
• Three-year and seven-year driving records: These two contain your driver license or ID card issuances, including the tests you passed and your driver education; your guilty dispositions of traffic violations, within three or seven years of the disposition date; the crash entries in which traffic a citation was issued; all the open suspensions, revocations, cancellations and disqualifications of your driving privilege; the suspensions, revocations, cancellations, and disqualifications cleared within three or seven years of the date that the record is run, and the suspensions for failure of compliance that have been on the record for less than one year after the reinstatement.
• Complete driving record: It has all your driver license or ID card issuances, including the tests you passed and your driver education; all your guilty dispositions of traffic violations, the crash entries in which traffic a citation was issued all the open suspensions, revocations, cancellations and disqualifications of your driving privilege; all the D-6 (failure to comply) suspensions even after converted to correspondence; all the adjudications withheld and all the correspondence approved by the DMV.
• Certified driving record: It is a certified version of either the three-year, seven-year or complete driving record.

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• First DUI: Total revocation time will be from 180 days to a 1-year effective on conviction date.
• First DUI with Serious Injury: You will have a minimum of a three-year revocation.
• Second DUI: The second felony, not within five years from prior conviction, will result in a 180-day to 1-year revocation.
• Third DUI: A third offense, not within ten years of second conviction, will result in a 180-day to 1-year revocation, unless the last two convictions fall within five years, in which case a five-year revocation will apply.
• Fourth DUI or Subsequent DUI Convictions: You must serve five years before being qualified to apply for a hardship license.
• DUI Manslaughter: Permanent revocation. You have the choice to apply for a hardship license after serving five years. If you have had former DUI convictions, you cannot get a hardship license.

For any of these charges, it is advised that you consult a DUI defense attorney.

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If you refuse to pay for the traffic fines you received in a different state, your Florida drivers license will automatically be suspended. If you are caught driving with a suspended drivers license, your suspension period will be lengthened. To find out more about drivers license suspension in Florida, click here.

You need to notify your company by which you are employed within 30 days of receiving the ticket. The next steps will vary depending on the type of violation you committed. You could be suspended, fined or have your license revoked, but everything will depend on the type of charge you have received.

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It depends on the type of FL DMV driving record you request. Your birthdate, driving violations and driver status will always be available. However, your Social Security number, driver license or ID card number, name and address are not available to the general public. This is because the Driver Privacy Protection Act (DPPA) protects your personal information by making it private and releasing it only to selected people. Find out more by visiting the Driving Record page.

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The legal alcohol limit in Florida is less than .08 percent. If you drive with a blood alcohol level (BAL) of .08 percent or more, you will be charged with driving under the influence (DUI) of chemical or controlled substances.

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There is a standard cost for every DUI and it includes paying $130 of administrative fees and $75 for the revocation. Besides those charges, you may have to pay license fees, reinstatement fees and depending on the type of DUI or DWI you are charged with, you could face fines from $500 up to $ $2000, which will continue increasing as you repeat DUI felonies. You may look into the option of hiring a DUI attorney.

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All traffic ticket prices will vary depending on the violation but the ticket should have the fee listed. If you do not see it, you can access the FL DHSMV website to verify this information, or contact the Court Clerk of Court for further assistance.

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The fees will depend on the type of DMV driving record that you order and where you order it from. If you order them at the Florida DHSMV, the fees are:

• Online driver license check: Free
• Crash reports: $10
• Three-year driving record: $8
• Seven-year driving record: $10
• Complete driving record: $10
• Certified driving record: $10

Fees may vary, however.

If you request something else with your driving record, you will have to pay a $2 fee for the research per each request plus a $0.50 fee for each document or $1 if it is a certified document. If you need a letter of verification, you must pay $2.50 each and $3 if you want it certified.

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You will not be able to drive your vehicle for a minimum of a year, and you will not be allowed to apply for a hardship license before the disqualification period ends. Aside from this, once you reinstate your CDL, there will be a $75 disqualification reinstatement fee to pay (fee may vary). In case you were disqualified when transporting hazardous materials, you will have to wait at least three years to reinstate your license.

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• If it is the first suspension with an alcohol level of .02 or higher, the revocation period is six months.
• For the second or subsequent suspensions, your license will be revoked for a year.
• If you refused to take the breath test and it is your first drivers license suspension, the revocation time will be a year.
• For the second or subsequent suspensions because you refused taking the breath test, the revocation period is 18 months.
• If the Blood Alcohol Level (BAL) is .05 or above, the suspension will endure until proper substance abuse evaluation and course is completed.

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You may have to attend DUI school, follow through with any treatment required, comply with the suspension period, take the vision, knowledge and driving tests, and pay for the administrative and revocation fees.

The amount of time you need to wait before being able to drive again is defined by a judge according to the number of times you have been convicted of driving while intoxicated.

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If you have been convicted of a DUI, you will be required to install an ignition interlock device in your car. For more information about a Florida vendor that will complete this installation for you, visit the FLHSMV Ignition Interlock Program page.

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Not all counties will have your ticket online, but the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles has a system that may help you.

You can access the online driver license checker at the FL DHSMV website, and then, enter your driver license number, and the verification characters in the picture. You will receive information about your license that may include traffic tickets.

If you find the traffic fines using the online system, you will be able to pay for it, but if you do not find any information about your ticket, you will have to locate it through a different method.

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Sometimes your Florida drivers record is not updated. You need to go to the Court Clerks office in the county where you got the ticket in order to get the recent traffic ticket information you are looking for.

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According to Florida law, if your traffic ticket fine is a point-accessible violation, then yes these points will be reflected on your driving record. Points will vary based on the severity of the traffic violation. To learn more about driving records and who needs them, visit our Driving Records page.

Every time you get a traffic ticket fines, you may have points added to your driving record. You may even get your license suspended or revoked due to the amount of points in your license. Insurance companies also check your record to determine the rate you will pay. Having points in your license will increase the amounts you pay for Florida car insurance.

Most of the time you will be allowed to take a Basic Driver Improvement Course to reduce driving record points.

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For DUI suspensions, you will be required to attend DUI school and get treatment before applying for reinstatement. If you do not go or if you skip classes, your license will not be reinstated.

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