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Driver and vehicle record

Check used vehicles, driving licence information and DVLA data.

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Services

  1. Check the MOT history of a vehicle

    Check the MOT history of a vehicle from 2005 onwards, including if it passed or failed, its mileage and why it failed

  2. Get vehicle information from DVLA

    Check a vehicle's details, tax and SORN status and expiry dates on the Driver Vehicle and Licensing Agency (DVLA) database - online and telephone enquiries

  3. Check someone's driving licence information

    Check someone's driving record - vehicles they can drive, penalty points and disqualifications

  4. Check a used vehicle you’re buying

    Check registration, MOT, tax, vehicle identification number and other details to help make sure a used car is not stolen or unsafe

  5. Request information about a vehicle or its registered keeper from DVLA

    Request details about a vehicle's registered keeper: bulk data, anonymised data, mileage data requests, other information requests

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Guidance and regulation

  1. How we give people information from our vehicle record
    • Guidance
    • Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
  2. Check if a vehicle is genuine with DVLA's bulk data set
    • Guidance
    • Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
  3. Who DVLA shares data with
    • Guidance
    • Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
  4. Buy mileage data in bulk from DVLA
    • Guidance
    • Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
  5. Information for vehicle buyers about the anonymised data set
    • Guidance
    • Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
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News and communications

News story

DVLA and MIB announce the launch of MyLicence service

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency

  1. DVLA publishes responses to vehicle online services consultation
    • Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
    • News story
  2. Online vehicle services get a makeover
    • Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
    • News story
  3. Unavailability of DVLA’s vehicle system
    • Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
    • News story
  4. More digital services to benefit motorists
    • Department for Transport and Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
    • Press release
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Research and statistics

  1. DfI Driver, Vehicle, Operator, and Enforcement Statistics - 2018-19 Quarter 3
    • Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency and Department for Infrastructure (Northern Ireland)
    • National statistics
  2. DfI Driver, Vehicle, Operator, and Enforcement Statistics - 2018-19 Quarter 2
    • Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency and Department for Infrastructure (Northern Ireland)
    • National statistics
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Policy papers and consultations

  1. Vehicle online services
    • Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
    • Consultation outcome
    • Date closed 12 November 2012
  2. Release of information from DVLA's registers
    • Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
    • Policy paper
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Transparency and freedom of information releases

  1. The number of driving licence checks made by EDECS users
    • Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
    • Foi release
  2. How many firms like G24 have access to DVLA data
    • Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
    • Foi release
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Organisations