Section R17-4-802. Motor Vehicle Record Request

A.      Identification requirements. The requester of a motor vehicle record shall present valid photo identification at the time a motor vehicle record request is made.

B.       Charges and exemptions. The requester of a motor vehicle record shall pay the appropriate motor vehicle record copy charge under A.A.C. R17-1-202, unless exempt under A.R.S.

§ 28-446.

C.      Motor vehicle record types. Under this Article, the Division may release any of the following motor vehicle record types:

1.        Title and Registration record, uncertified;

2.        Title and Registration record, certified;

3.        Driver 39-month record, uncertified;

4.        Driver five-year record, certified;

5.        Driver history record, certified; and

6.        Special MVR, uncertified.

D.      Permissible use record request. A requester who has a permis- sible use under A.R.S. § 28-455 shall provide at least one of the items of information listed in this subsection when request- ing a motor vehicle record.

1.        For a title and registration motor vehicle record:

a.         Vehicle identification number,

b.        License plate number, or

c.         Vehicle owner’s full name.

2.        For a driver motor vehicle record:

a.         The name of the person whose record is requested,

b.        Driver license number, or

c.         Customer number.

E.       Non-permissible use record request. A requester who does not have a permissible use under A.R.S. § 28-455, but who pres- ents either a notarized Consent To Release Motor Vehicle Record - General form #96-0276 or a Consent To Release Motor Vehicle Record - One-Time form #96-0463 from the person whose motor vehicle record is requested shall provide the items of information listed in this subsection when request- ing a motor vehicle record. The Consent To Release Motor Vehicle Record forms are available at all Customer Service and Third Party Provider offices and online at http:// mvd.azdot.gov/mvd/FormsandPub/mvd.asp.

1.        For a title and registration motor vehicle record:

a.         The vehicle identification number and license plate number, and

b.        The vehicle owner’s full name, or

c.         The vehicle owner’s residence address.

2.        For a driver motor vehicle record:

a.         The name and driver license number or customer number of the person whose record is requested, and

b.        The person’s date of birth, or

c.         The person’s address, or

d.        The person’s Arizona driver license expiration date.

F.       General consent to release information. The Division shall record a person’s general consent to release information on the person’s driver and title and registration records.

1.        The general consent to release information is valid until revoked, in writing, by the person.

2.        A person may submit the written notice of revocation:

a.         In person, at a Customer Service office or Autho- rized Third Party Provider; or

b.        By mail, at Motor Vehicle Division, 1801 W. Jeffer- son St., P.O. Box 2100, Phoenix, Arizona 85007- 2100.

G.      Insurance companies requesting a driver or title and registra- tion record. The Division shall not release to an insurer, bro- ker, managing general agent, authorized agent or insurance producer any information in a person’s driving record pertain- ing to a traffic violation that occurred 40 months or more before the date of a request for the release of the information.

Historical Note

Adopted effective August 16, 1991 (Supp. 91-3). Section repealed, new Section adopted effective April 19, 1994 (Supp. 94-2). Section recodified to R17-4-508 at 7

A.A.R. 3479, effective July 20, 2001 (Supp. 01-3). New Section made by final rulemaking at 13 A.A.R. 4376,

effective February 2, 2008 (Supp. 07-4).