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What is on your driving record.? Now is the time to check it out. Getting your driver's license back is one vital step to taking control of your life. As the new year starts it's time to check things out. The State of Michigan has a program in place to help.

As of Oct. 1, 2021, changes in state laws reclassify certain violations as civil infractions and restrict when some violations may suspend your driver's license. These qualifying violations and any sanctions or suspensions connected to them will no longer be enforced and will be cleared from driving records providing drivers with an opportunity to have their driving privileges reinstated.

If you are impacted by these changes, the Michigan Department of State (MDOS) is mailing you a letter. The letter is being sent to the address listed on your driving record and has been posted to your Secretary of State online services account. The letter lists the violations and suspensions that will be cleared from your record and states if you need to take additional action to resume driving. If you have violations or suspensions on your record that are not impacted by the changes in law, you will not be eligible to resume driving until they are cleared. You can purchase a copy of your driving record through your Secretary of State online services account.

ACCESS YOUR ONLINE ACCOUNT & GET YOUR DRIVING RECORD

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To obtain your driving record, please visit Michigan.gov/SOS and select Online Services. On this page, locate the panel titled Driver's License and ID and select the More Driver Services link. Then, follow the prompts to create or log into your account.

Once you are past the MiLogin screen, pull up your profile page in online services and select "Request Driving Record" from the menu to the right side of the page. Please follow the prompts to purchase your record.

After submitting your payment information, you will see a screen summarizing your transaction and providing the option to print your receipt and view transaction documents. Select the "View Transaction Documents" button to access your driving record (ignore the button labeled "Request Driving Record" - this will take you back to the beginning of the transaction).

Please note, the link for your electronic driving record is only accessible for seven days once you order it. During the seven-day period, you may view your driving record as many times as you need to. Log into your account and choose the option to "View Transaction History" to access it. We recommend you save your driving record to your device so that you may conveniently view it for more than seven days.

Additional resources and help are available through the following local and state organizations:

Michigan Legal Help at michiganlegalhelp.org

Counsel and Advocacy Law Line at 888-783-8190

Legal Aid and Defender Association at 313-967-5800 or 877-964-4700 or

https://ladadetroit.org/about-lada/

OR VISIT http://www.michigan.gov/sos