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 🇨🇦 and the US 🇺🇸
This check is available for a quickscreen ⚠️ in some provinces and states
Property Management
No
Quickscreen ❌
Invite ❌
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)
Applicants get a copy of their driving record via the Société de l'Assurance Automobile du Québec (SAAQ)
. The SAAQ will send the results by mail.
Parameters
Request flag
Include this flag in the body of your request:
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:
first_name
last_name
date_of_birth
addresses
(min 1)license_number
license_prov_state
Make sure to obtain the proof of consent from your applicant before running the quickscreen.
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 🇨🇦
Send Driver's Abstract requests with the following sets of data on our demo environment to retrieve our pre-filled reports for BC applicants.
Andrew
McLeod
Will
Nettke
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