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Arizona DMV to Raise Motor Vehicle Driving Records

Corra Group believes the Motor Vehicle Driving Record or MVR, is a significant background check, not just for trucking and transportation companies but for employers looking to discern some of their job applicant’s behavior characteristics.   MVRs will not just reveal how well someone drives but whether they have substance abuse issues and how disciplined they are.  Repeated infractions, accidents, or failure to appear in court are indicators have a desultory attitude when it comes to self-discipline.

For the trucking and transportation industry, the motor vehicle driving records or MVRs are essential to be compliant with the Department of Transportation of DOT standards and practices.   All employers hiring drivers with CDLs or Commercial Drivers Licenses must review their driver’s DMV abstracts at least once every twelve months.   This is the law.

With this in mind, we want to remind our readers that most states, due largely to budgetary constraints are raising Department of Motor Vehicle Fees in this poor economy.   Arizona will be rates at the beginning of May.  As of May 1st, 2010,  Arizona  uncertified driving records will increase form $4.25 to $6.00 per abstract.   Certified driving records pricing will increase form $6.25 to $8.00

Please take note of this pricing increase.  And check them out before you hire.

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.

2 replies on “Arizona DMV to Raise Motor Vehicle Driving Records”

Gordon,
I believe that several facts should be clarified in your article.
1) You say that most states have rasied DMV fees. While I m not sure what the stat is if you look at every possible fee from every DMV. But only six states have actually raised their driving record fees in the past year or so.
2) The fee increase for Arizona driving records will only affect online access. The fee increase does not affect walk-in or mail-in requesters. An uncertifed record remains at $3.00 if picked up with no wait or $2.00 if mailed in or picked up in person the next day.
MS

Mike, thanks for the clarification on the Arizona uncertified records and the walk in requests. We appreciate you taking the time to read our postings. As most of our clients are online subscribers, we gear most of our reporting to that. Thinking what you wrote, we thought we would come up with a list of the states that did raise their online prices over the past twelve months. Here they are–

1. Arizona – 5/1/10 – uncertified from 4.25 to 6.00, certified from 6.25 to 8.00
2. Idaho – 1/1/10 – increased to $9.00
3. Alabama – 1/1/10 – increased from 7 – 7.75
4. Rhode Island – 1/1/10 – increased to 9
5. New Mexico – 10/20/09 – increased to 2.50 to 4.95
6. Oregon – 10/1/09 – increased $0.50 to $2.00
7. Massachusetts – 10/3/09 – increased 6 to 8.00
8. New Hampshire – 8/28/09 – increased from 8 to 12.00
9. Florida – 9/1/09 – 3 year increased to $8.10 , 7 year increased to $10.10
10. Vermont – 7/1/09 – increase from $13 to $14.00, and a $1 state portal increase on 9/1/09
11. New Jersey – 7/6/09 – increase from $10 to $12.00
12. Ohio – 7/1/09 – increasing from $2 to $5
13. South Dakota – 7/1/09 – increasing from $4 to $5.00

Let’s hope the rest of the states don’t get the same idea.

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