MVA Driving Record Expungement

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Automatic Expungement
Not eligible for expungement
Correcting Errors

The Maryland Department of Transportation Motor Vehicle Administration (MVA) will automatically expunge eligible driving records. Previously, you had to request a driving record expungement, and expungements were not automatic. A driving record expungement means that specific entries from your driving record (including associated points), will be removed.

Automatic expungement only applies to your driving record. If you have a related court record, you can learn about expunging your criminal record here.

Automatic Expungement

You may be eligible to have your MVA records automatically expunged. Automatic expungement means that drivers no longer have to apply for the expungement. There is no fee for this automatic expungement.

This chart lists the eligibility requirements:

Waiting Period	If your license has:
Expunged after 31 days	never been suspended for driver safety offense* never been revoked no moving violations
Expunged after 3 years	never been suspended for driver safety offense* never been revoked one or more moving violations
Expunged after 5 years	been suspended once for driver safety offense* never been revoked
Expunged after 10 years	previously been revoked multiple suspensions for driver safety offense*

*Suspensions for the following reasons are not driver related suspensions:

Suspension of a minor’s license upon the death of the co-signer
Failure to pay Child Support
Outstanding arrest warrant
Non-payment of a judgment
Dispensing motor fuel into a dirt bike in Baltimore City
Failure to appear on, failure to comply with, or failure to pay a citation
Possession of alcohol by a minor
Failure to pay for motor fuel
Improper use of a driver’s license or ID card by a minor to obtain alcohol
Rejection by Maryland Auto Insurance (formerly MAIF) / inability to obtain vehicle insurance

Read the Law: Md. Code, Transportation § 16-117.1, Code of Maryland Regulations 11.11.16.02

Not eligible for expungement

Certain records entries are not eligible for expungement. The entire record is not eligible for expungement if the record entry is related to a fatal accident, related to alcohol, or is required for assessment for subsequent offender penalties. Examples are below.

If you are involved in a fatal accident and received a “failure to stop at a stop sign” citation, then that failure to stop citation cannot be expunged.
If you are convicted of driving while intoxicated and received a speeding citation, then the speeding citation cannot be expunged.

Read the Law: Md. Code, Transportation § 16-117.1,

Additionally, an individual is not eligible for expungement if any of the following apply:

Active or pending suspension
Active or pending revocation
Active or pending cancellation
Active or pending refusal
Pending MVA administrative action
Restriction for the Ignition Interlock Program

Read the Regulation: Code of Md. Regulations, 11.11.16.03

Correcting Errors

If your driving record contains a record that is eligible for expungement, and it has not been expunged, contact the MVA at:

MDOT MVA
Administrative Adjudication Division
Expungement Unit
6601 Ritchie Highway NE
Glen Burnie, MD 21062

Email Inquiries: MVAAADDRATSDOCS@MDOT.STATE.MD.US
MVA Customer Service Call Center: 1-410-768-7000
TTY/Hearing Impaired: 1-301-729-4563

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