According to the Washington State Department of Licensing (DOL) violations are put on your driving record at the time of the conviction. So it would be November 2005 that this offense of negligent driving second degree was placed on your WA driving record if this was the month in which you plead guilty and were officially convicted of the charge.

The DOL site states that most convictions, forfeitures of bail, or court findings stating an infraction was committed are kept on your driving record for a period of 5 years from the conviction or adjudication date. Alcohol related convictions are kept on your WA driver's abstract for a period of 15 years from the conviction date.

Departmental actions, such as suspensions, revocations, or disqualifications are kept on a Washington State driver's record for 5 years from the final release date. So if your license was suspended during this process of pleading down the DUI to a negligent driving charge then that information regarding the suspension will stay on your record for 5 years as well.

If you have more questions regarding the length of time violations / convictions are kept on your driving record or want a copy of your driving record, contact the Washington DOL directly.

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