State laws differ so not all states' Department of Motor Vehicles, or like state licensing agency, remove points after 3 years. Some points fall off in a shorter amount of time, some stay on long and in a few states points never drop off your driving record but after a certain period of time are not counted toward your accumulative total that goes toward habitual offender status.

If in your state DMV points are supposed to be removed after a three (3) year period you should contact the Department of Motor Vehicles to find out if this is done automatically by them or if there is a process to do so in which you must request the removal of points / get points expunged.

Remember though points may drop off your conviction for a moving violation may not be removed at the same time as the points or ever depending again on your state's laws regarding driving record.

For example the Missouri Department of Revenue (DOR) notes that you may submit a request (including your full name and Missouri driver license number or social security number) to have old tickets purged from your record. They state however that a ticket is not eligible to be removed if it "supports" an existing administrative suspension/revocation/denial action against the driver, or if it otherwise must remain on the record in accordance with state law.

Points come in MO in a different manner. Missouri driver's manual states that every year you drive without getting new points on your record, your points total will be reduced as follows:

• 1 year - total remaining points reduced by one-third
• 2 years - remaining points reduced by one-half
• 3 years - points reduced to zero

It is noted that even though your points may be reduced to zero, certain types of convictions may remain listed permanently on your Missouri driver record.

Another example of how points are removed is given here by the New York State DMV. In NYS the DMV computer system automatically calculates your point total when you are assigned points on your license for a moving violation. Your point total is the total number of driver violation points that you received during the 18 previous months.

In NY points are counted from the dates of your traffic violations, not from the dates of your traffic convictions. A traffic conviction is required for the points to appear on your driver record. Eighteen (18) months after the date of the violation, the points for that violation are removed from your point total. The convictions remain on your record.

Sometimes you need to go without getting new convictions or points on your motor vehicle record (MVR) to get points removed. In Pennsylvania points are allowed to be removed from your driving record for safe driving. You can get 3 points removed from your driving history for every 12 consecutive months (from the date of the last violation) you go without a violation, which results in points, license suspension or revocation. In PA once a driving record is reduced to zero and remains at zero points for 12 consecutive months, any further accumulation of points is treated as the first accumulation of points.

Contact your state's DMV to find out when points are suppose to come off your driving record and what you should do if they remain on longer than they should. You many need to order a copy of your driving record to what convictions and points are on your record. Once you have your MVR you can contact the DMV about points and/or convictions you believe should have been removed already.