In Oklahoma the Records Management Division of the Department of Public Safety (DPS) is responsible for receiving, processing, and maintaining all documents and records related to driving records and traffic collisions. These documents and records are submitted by Oklahoma's state and local law enforcement agencies.

Information taken from the collision reports is used by law enforcement and other traffic safety advocates to develop and evaluate action plans and policies to reduce traffic collisions and fatalities. This division also serves the public and insurance underwriters by providing certified copies of collision reports and driving records.

A request for a Motor Vehicle Report (MVR), also known as a driving record, contains all entries related to the person's driving record for three (3) years prior to the date of request, as required by Oklahoma Statute. MVRs are also available from motor license agents (also known as "Tag Agents") throughout the state.

Some collisions, any Oklahoma court conviction for a traffic violation, or any out-of-state court conviction will be put on your driving record. Your entire driving record will be maintained by the Department and will be transferred if you apply for a license in another state.

We contacted the OK DPS directly to find out how long traffic violations stay on your record. Their response was that Oklahoma law requires an official driving record (Motor Vehicle Report) to report all convictions for the past 3 years. All convictions are treated equally for this purpose. So whether your offense is a speeding ticket or DUI it is on your OK MVR for 3 years.

The Department of Public Safety will release your three-year driving record to you under the provisions of the Driver Privacy Protection Act upon completion of a records request form.

The Mandatory Point System is a method by which the Oklahoma DPS monitors your driving. You start with a clean record—no points. Each time you are convicted of a pointable traffic violation, you are assessed one or more points on your driver’s record. The OK DPS stated to us that points accumulate for up to 5 years and if you accumulate 10 or more points within five years, your license will be suspended.

Two (2) points are deducted for each 12-month period in which there are no convictions of any pointable traffic violations. Points are reduced to zero if there are no traffic violation convictions for three consecutive years. Two (2) points are deducted for successful completion of a DPS-approved Driver Improvement or Defensive Driving Course. Credit for completing the course can be given once every 24 months. The point total cannot go below zero.

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