Motor vehicle record (MVR)
A motor vehicle record is the report of the driving record your state already keeps. Employers and insurers order that report. You can order it too. A driver score, if you want one, is only an educational reading of the same entries.
The state report
License status, posted convictions, crashes the state tracks, and suspensions.
Employment orders
Driving jobs often request the MVR with your permission. They are not requesting a score.
Insurance orders
An insurer may review the report. This site does not estimate a premium or a savings amount.
Errors stay with the state
A wrong line is corrected by the agency that posted it, then confirmed on a new report.
Start with the report
The guides below answer the questions people actually ask after they hear the letters MVR: how many years it covers, how to get a copy, which lines show up, how that differs from the phrase "driving record," and what an employer or insurer is looking at. None of them invents a point value or a year count for a state. Those live on the state pages, next to the official portal.
How Far Back Does an MVR Go?
How many years a motor vehicle record can cover, why that window is not the same in every state, and where to confirm the rules for your license.
How to Get Your Motor Vehicle Record
How to request your own motor vehicle record from the state that issued your license, and how that differs from an employer or insurer order.
What Shows on a Motor Vehicle Record
The license, conviction, crash, and suspension lines a motor vehicle record can include, and what a report often leaves out.
MVR vs Driving Record
How a motor vehicle record differs from the driving record a state keeps, and why people use both names for the same history.
MVR for Insurance
Why an insurer orders a motor vehicle record, what that report contains, and why it is not a price quote or a savings estimate.
MVR for Employment
Why driving jobs include a motor vehicle record, what consent usually covers, and how that report differs from a driver score.
How to Fix Errors on Your MVR
How to compare your motor vehicle record with court papers and ask the state that posted an entry to correct it.
Also on this site
- What is an MVR?A shorter definition of the report and who can request it.
- Driving record vs. MVRWhy the everyday names point at the same history.
- State pagesOfficial record portals. Point values are only where we have a sourced note.
- LearnThe full index of record, points, and score guides.
- ViolationsHow a conviction or administrative action hits the record.
- Check your recordCreate an account to retrieve the motor vehicle record we can access.
Frequently asked questions
What is a motor vehicle record?
A motor vehicle record is a report of the driving record kept by the state that issued your license. It is the document employers, insurers, and you can order. It is not a driver score.
How far back does an MVR go?
There is no single national number of years. The state sets how long entries stay on the file, and the order sets how many of those years to request. Start with your state page.
Is the driver score the same as the MVR?
No. The motor vehicle record comes first. Driver Score v1 is an educational summary calculated from entries on a report. It is not a DMV, insurance, credit, or government score.
Example score
A made-up reading of one line
Score v1 starts at 100. This example uses one moderate violation with a base penalty of 8 and a recency multiplier of 1.5 for a date inside 12 months. That subtracts 12 and lands on 88.
88
Example only. It ignores every other entry, suspensions, the penalty cap, and clean-time credit. It is not your motor vehicle record, not a DMV result, not an insurance score, and not a savings estimate. The weights are on the methodology page.
Check the motor vehicle record
Retrieve the report first. The educational score is available after that, from the same entries.