Pulling a Maine Driving Record
Your Maine driving record is the official BMV account of your driver's license history — license issuance, renewals, restrictions, citations, convictions, accidents, and any administrative actions like suspensions or points. There are several record types for different purposes (employment, insurance, court, personal review), and they're requested through Maine BMV using the MR-2 form online, by mail, or in person at any BMV branch.
Record types
Maine BMV issues these driving record products:
- Non-certified driver record — a 3-year history printed without an official seal, suitable for personal review and most insurance shopping.
- Certified driver record — bears a BMV seal and is admissible in court or required by an employer audit.
- 3-year employer record — the format used by most Maine employers and CDL hiring requirements.
- Complete driver record — full lifetime history, used for license reinstatement disputes and serious legal proceedings.
Most personal reviews and insurance comparisons need only the 3-year non-certified product.
How to request
You can pull your Maine driving record three ways:
- Online: through the Maine BMV portal with a credit or debit card.
- By mail: mail a completed MR-2 with a check or money order to the BMV Driver Records section in Augusta.
- In person: walk into a BMV branch, complete the MR-2 at the counter, pay the fee, and the staff prints the record on the spot.
Online and in-person requests typically deliver the record the same day; mail requests take 7-14 days.
What's on the record
Maine driving records show:
- License issuance and renewal dates.
- License classes, endorsements, and restrictions.
- Convictions for moving violations and OUI offenses.
- Points assessed under the Maine point system.
- Administrative actions — suspensions, revocations, hardship permits, and reinstatements.
- Reportable accidents.
- Driver-improvement school completions.
Most moving-violation convictions stay on the visible 3-year record for 3 years from the conviction date. OUI convictions stay on the lifetime record permanently and remain visible for insurance look-back periods that extend well beyond 3 years.
Record fees
The non-certified record carries a small fee; certified records cost a few dollars more. The 3-year employer record is bundled into the non-certified fee. Maine records are reasonably priced compared to many states, which makes pre-screening before a license renewal or auto-policy comparison practical.
Who can pull your record
Maine restricts third-party access to driver records under the federal Driver's Privacy Protection Act and Maine statute. Permitted requesters include the driver, employers conducting CDL or fleet pre-screening with the driver's signed consent, insurance companies underwriting a policy, courts and law enforcement, and certain government agencies. Bulk record requests by marketers are not permitted in Maine.
Disputing an error
If something on your Maine driving record is wrong — a citation that wasn't yours, a conviction that was dismissed, a misposted reinstatement — you can dispute it. Submit a written request with supporting documentation (court abstract, dismissal order, identity-theft affidavit) to the BMV Driver Records section in Augusta. BMV investigates by contacting the originating court or law-enforcement agency. Corrections typically process within 30-45 days, and BMV will mail an updated record once the change is made.
Keep a copy
Pulling your Maine driving record once a year is a reasonable habit, especially before any major life change — moving out of state, changing jobs to a position that involves driving, applying for a CDL, or shopping auto insurance. The cost is small, the turnaround is fast, and seeing a clean record on paper before someone else does is always preferable.