Licence records
Access Canberra (the Road Transport Authority) will only release your licence records to you, someone you authorise, or someone authorised by law.
Request your records
You can request your licence history:
- by email
- in person at an Access Canberra Service Centre.
Applications received by 3pm, either by email or in person, are usually processed the same day. Applications received after 3pm will generally be processed on the next business day. If you’d prefer not to wait at the Service Centre, you can request to have the details sent to you by email or post.
What you’ll need
How you make the request will determine what you need.
Requests made in person
If you’re attending an Access Canberra Service Centre you’ll need to:
- complete an ACT search of records application [PDF 188KB] form
- if you’re requesting for someone else, complete an Authority to act as an agent [PDF 184KB] form
- provide 2 forms of proof of identity - at least one must be primary
- pay the fee.
Requests made by email
If you’re making the request by email:
- complete an ACT search of records application [PDF 188KB] form
- provide 2 forms of proof of identity - at least one must be primary
- if you're requesting for someone else, complete an Authority to act as an agent [PDF 184KB] form
- provide your phone numbers so Access Canberra can contact you for payment
- send this information to ACDocumentManagement@act.gov.au.
Requests from legal practitioners, insurance companies, MAI Insurance providers
All requests from legal practitioners, insurance companies and MAI insurance providers following an accident, must be submitted in writing to the Access Canberra Document Management Team.
The request can be sent to Access Canberra by:
- email to ACDocumentManagement@act.gov.au
- post to GPO Box 158 Canberra ACT 2601.
Interstate licence history search
If you have an interstate driver licence, contact the state or territory which issued it.
If you need the licence history so you can get an ACT driver licence, you must attend an Access Canberra Service Centre within 7 calendar days of receiving it.
Both a licence and traffic history are needed for Queensland licence holders.
- NSW: www.transport.nsw.gov.au
- NT: www.nt.gov.au/driving
- QLD: www.qld.gov.au/transport/licensing/history
- SA: www.sa.gov.au
- TAS: www.transport.tas.gov.au
- VIC: www.vicroads.vic.gov.au
- WA: www.transport.wa.gov.au
Read about interstate driver licences.