Motor Vehicle Report.

Your candidate claims they have a clean driving record, but claims don't cover liability when they're driving your company vehicle. CIChecked's Motor Vehicle Reports dig deeper than self-reported driving history to uncover the road reality, because when someone's behind the wheel representing your organization, you need to know their actual driving behavior, not their driving promises.

What Motor Vehicle Reports Actually Reveal

• License Status: Current validity, including any suspensions or revocations your candidate may have neglected to mention. If their license isn't active and in good standing, you need to know before they're behind the wheel of a company vehicle.
• License Class, Endorsements, and Restrictions: Confirms the types of vehicles your candidate is legally authorized to operate and any restrictions on their driving privileges. If the role requires a CDL or specific endorsement, this is where you verify it.
• Violation History: Traffic violations, citations, and infractions that paint a picture of your candidate's driving behavior over time. One speeding ticket is a data point; a pattern of violations is a trend.
• DUI and Major Offense History: DUI convictions and serious driving offenses that carry significant implications for any role involving vehicle operation, client transportation, or business travel.
• Accident History: Reported accidents on the candidate's driving record, providing context for risk assessment and insurance evaluation.

Those verbal assurances about "clean driving records"? They're about as reliable as asking someone to grade their own driving. Real motor vehicle verification requires direct access to state DMV databases. The Motor Vehicle Report covers the state where your candidate's license is issued. If your candidate holds or has held licenses in additional states, those states can be searched as well - ensuring you're not looking at one state's clean record while violations sit in another.

State-imposed DMV fees vary by jurisdiction and are passed through at cost in addition to CIChecked's service fee.

Identity Verification Bonus

Beyond driving history, MVRs provide crucial identity verification through physical descriptors, address history, and personal identifiers that strengthen your entire background check process - making them valuable even for non-driving positions.

Bottom Line: Motor Vehicle Reports pull your candidate's driving record directly from the state DMV - license status, violations, DUIs, accident history, and the details your insurance company wants to see. If anyone in your organization drives for business purposes, this search isn't optional. It's how you protect your people, your organization, and your coverage.

If you're interested in continuous MVR monitoring, please see NYS DMV LENS for more information.