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Effective February 1, 2008, electronic access of West Virginia driving records will be through a designated third party - West Virginia Interactive LLC (WVI). WVI, a state affiliate of NIC Inc. (www.nicusa.com), will build and manage the official state government web site and associated eGovernment services at www.wv.gov. Existing online requesters for driving records are in the process of moving to the new system.

The driving record fee will increase from $5.00 per record to $8.00 per record. The service will be an on interactive basis with monthly billing.  Also, service through WVI will require a $100.00 subscription fee that permits 10 users per account. WVI will add additional online portals to other WV information to access future online record services provided by WVI . All driving record requesters must complete three agreement documents necessary for account approval: the Monthly Account Holder Agreement; the WV DPPA Agreement; and the Application and Agreement for Official Driver License Data Access from West Virginia. Eventually these forms will be available on the web, but to obtain them now or for more information please call WVI at 304-414-0265.

The fee for onsite or mail-in driving record requests remains at $5.00 per record. If a driver's license number is not submitted with the request, then the Social Security Number must be submitted and the fee is $6.00. The fees are the same if a certified record is requested. If no consent is presented, no records are released; however, the DMV permits the requester to use the "Message Forwarding Service" that enables the DMV to forward a request to the license holder to approve the record request. The Message Forwarding Service fee is $5.00 per record.