Indiana Driving Record: Viewable vs Official

By Mohamed SkhiriUpdated November 10, 2026Checked against the Indiana BMV's driver record pages

Two versions of your Indiana driver record

The Official Driver Record is a certified copy of your driver record that comes with a letter of certification from the BMV. If you're only curious about where you stand, the free view is enough. If a court, an employer or a defensive driving provider wants proof, buy the official one. Card payments through myBMV carry a small transaction fee, which the BMV lists as $0.40 plus 2.06%.

Which one do you need?

• Checking your points or status: the free view. It shows the same entries and costs nothing.
• A job application: the $4 official Indiana driving record, unless the employer pulls it through its own vendor; ask first.
• A court date or a lawyer: the official record, or the $8 certified history if they want the notices and citations behind each entry.
• An insurance quote: usually neither. Insurers order the Indiana driver record themselves.

How to get your Indiana driving record

1. Online: sign in to myBMV, where you can view your driving record and purchase the official one.
2. At a kiosk: buy and print the official copy at a BMV Connect kiosk.
3. By mail: send State Form 53789, Request for Certified Records, to the BMV's records request address in Indianapolis. The form lists $4 for a certified driver record, or $8 for a certified driver history that includes copies of suspension notices and citations, and says to allow two to four weeks. Mail is also the route if you don't know your license number.

The $8 driver history is the version to ask for when a lawyer or court needs the paperwork behind each entry, not just the list.

What's on it

The BMV describes the record as showing current and resolved court-ordered suspensions, citations, violations and other entries affecting your record, including any reinstatement fees you owe the BMV. That last part is easy to miss and worth checking: an unpaid reinstatement fee can keep a license suspended long after the reason for the suspension has passed.

Suspension timelines have changed in recent years. Since December 31, 2021, failure-to-pay suspensions last no more than 3 years, while older failure-to-appear suspensions follow different rules by date. If your driving record in Indiana shows an old suspension that seems like it should have ended, check its date against the BMV's current rules before paying anything.

Points on an Indiana driving record

Points stay active for two years from the conviction date. The BMV acts on active points: at 18 a driver faces a hearing and probation, and at 20 an automatic one-month suspension. The Driver Safety Program gives a 4-point credit on your official record, once every three years, but it doesn't remove the citation from your driver history. Our points checker shows how close you are to either level.

Someone else's record

An Indiana driver record that isn't yours needs the driver's written consent or a use the federal Driver's Privacy Protection Act allows, and certified requests go through the same State Form 53789. Employers screening drivers usually work through a vendor; the consent and Fair Credit Reporting Act steps are on our MVR guide.

Indiana driving record FAQ