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Oregon to Raise Its MVR Background Checking Fee

There is much to be learned from MVRs or Motor Vehicle Driving Reports.   While trucking and transportation companies use them to be sure their drivers are DOT or Department of Transportation Coompliant, other companies will conduct MVRs as part of their background checking package.    The MVRs will not only describe an employment candidate’s driving record but will also indicate behavior patterns.   Seeing DUI’s on a MVR, for example, is but one of several red flags.

Additionally, the Motor Vehicle Driving record can help determine desultory behavior, or at least the type of behavior not befitting a viable job candidate.   Failure to appear in court, or even numerous infractions and accidents can indicate emotional problems.  These are the kind of problems no employer want to bring into its workplace.   Flaky employees can damage morale in the other workers.  Flaky employees are more prone to commit theft or create circumstances that would slow productivity.

Thanks to this economic downturn, states need money.  One means of meeting the budgetary crisis is to raise rates for public services, including business licenses, state criminal records fee, and  Department of Motor Vehicle or DMV records charges.   It seems each week another state is raising its rates.   It is understandable given the lousy economy and the budgetary shortfalls.

Effective October 1, 2009, Oregon has joined other states in increasing fees.   The Oregon Insurance Abstract Driving Records Search has increased from $.50 to $2.00 per record.

By Gordon Basichis

Gordon Basichis is the Co-Founder of Corra Group, specializing in pre-employment background checks and corporate research. He has been a marketing and media executive and has worked in the entertainment industry, the financial, health care and technology sectors. He is the author of the best selling Beautiful Bad Girl, The Vicki Morgan Story, a non-fiction novel that helped define exotic sexuality in the late twentieth century. He is the author of the Constant Travellers and has recently completed a new book, The Guys Who Spied for China, dealing with Chinese Espionage in the United States. He has been a journalist for several newspapers and is a screenwriter and producer.