PennDOT does not release driver information under the RTKL. Driver license information is available only pursuant to 75 Pa. C.S. § 6114 and 67 Pa. Code § 95.2(c). See also 65 P.S. § 67.708 (b)(6). It is also subject to the limitations of the federal Driver’s Privacy Protection Act, 18 U.S.C. §2721-2725.

Under certain circumstances, driver information may be available to you. Request for Driver Information form DL-503 is located on PennDOT’s Driver and Vehicle Services Web site, www.dmv.state.pa.us. The appropriate fee per record must accompany each completed form. You must meet the requirements stated on the form in order to receive information.

PennDOT does not release motor vehicle records under the RTKL. Vehicle record information is available only pursuant to 75 Pa. C.S. § 6114 and 67 Pa. Code § 95.2(c). See also 65 P.S. § 67.708 (b)(6). It is also subject to the limitations of the federal Driver’s Privacy Protection Act, 18 U.S.C. §2721-2725.

Under certain circumstances, motor vehicle information may be available to you. Request for Vehicle Information form DL-135 is located on PennDOT’s Driver and Vehicle Services Web site, www.dmv.state.pa.us. The appropriate fee per record must accompany each completed form. You must meet the requirements stated on the form in order to receive information.

Under the RTKL, PennDOT is not “required to create a record which does not currently exist or to compile, maintain, format or organize a record in a manner in which the agency does not currently compile, maintain, format, or organize a record.” 65 P.S. § 67.705.

Under the Vehicle Code, as compared to the RTKL, PennDOT may be able to create a customized report for you. If PennDOT were to create a record for you, at your request, it is authorized to collect a reasonable fee for compiling data and statistical information under Section 1955(b) of the Pennsylvania Vehicle Code. The established fee under Section 1955(b) is presently $125 per hour. To request an estimate of how long it will take to generate a customized report and what you might expect to pay for a request under the Vehicle Code, please send your request to:

PennDOT Safety Administration
ATTN: License Control Division Manager
Riverfront Office Center – 4th Floor
1101 South Front Street
Harrisburg, PA 17104

PennDOT does not release copies of accident reports under the RTKL. Pursuant to Section 3751 of the Pennsylvania Vehicle Code, 75 Pa. C.S. § 3751, only police departments are statutorily authorized to provide copies of accident reports, and then only to a defined group of parties. We recommend that you contact the appropriate police department to request a copy of an accident report.

Please do not send payment with your initial request. Once your request is received and processed, an invoice will be sent if payment is required.

The RTKL requires PennDOT to issue a response to your request no later than the fifth business day after the request is received by the Open Records Officer. Requests received after 4:30 p.m. will be considered received the following business day. If we are responding to you via U.S. Mail, we will mail your response on or before the fifth business day.

Yes, your RTKL request is a public record. Please do not include any private information such as your driver license number, credit card number or Social Security number in your RTKL request. RTKL requests are kept on file at PennDOT for three years in accordance with the Commonwealth Record Retention and Disposition Schedule.