Apply for the release of licence and registration details
Request information about motor vehicle registration or driving history.
Key info
- You can request information about your licence or registration, including your driving history.
- You can also request information about a motor vehicle accident.
- You can request a copy of your own driving history at myServiceTas. Create an account or login and link the Driver Licence and Vehicle Registrations service. The digital copy is available free of charge.
- For all other requests you must lodge an application form (PDF, 154KB) at a service centre with supporting documentation and pay the fee.
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On this page
- About applying for the release of licence and registrations details
- How to apply
- What you need to apply
- Can I apply?
- Proving your identity
- How much it costs
- Payment options
- More Information
About applying for the release of licence and registrations details
You can request information about:
- a motor vehicle accident
- driver licence history
- vehicle registration
- details of another person's record.
If you would like to know if a vehicle has money owing on it, you can search the Personal Properties Securities Register. There is a fee for this service.
How to apply
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What you need to apply
For driver licence history information
Once you have created a myServiceTas account, you can login and:
- link the Driver Licence and Vehicle Registrations service (if not already linked)
- request your driving licence history (5 years only).
A digital copy will then be delivered to your myServiceTas inbox.
If you apply at a service centre you must provide:
- a completed application form (PDF, 154KB)
- your current Tasmanian licence or proof of identity documents
- payment.
For motor vehicle accident information
You must apply at a service centre and provide:
- a completed application form (PDF, 154KB)
- a copy of the police report or letter from the insurance company
- your current Tasmanian licence or proof of identity documents
- payment.
For vehicle registration information
You must apply at a service centre and provide:
- a completed application form (PDF, 154KB)
- the vehicle registration number
- your current Tasmanian licence or proof of identity documents
- payment.
For details of another person's record
You must apply at a service centre and provide:
- a completed application form (PDF, 154KB)
- their vehicle registration number or driver licence number
- an authority letter and proof of identity documents of the record holder
- your current Tasmanian licence or proof of identity documents
- payment.
Can I apply?
You can apply if you:
- are the registered owner or driver licence holder, or
- have an authority letter giving you permission to request information.
Proving your identity
There are 2 ways to prove your identity:
1. Your Tasmanian driver licence
You can show your driver licence, even if it expired up to 2 years ago.
2. Provide identity documents
If you don't have a Tasmanian driver licence you must show at least:
- one category A document and 2 category B documents, or
- two category A documents and one category B document.
These documents must:
- show your current Tasmanian address
- be the originals (not photocopies, certified copies or laminated)
- be in English or provided with an English translation from an accredited translator.
- Australian birth certificate (not an extract or commemorative certificate)
- Australian citizenship papers
- Australian passport (can be expired up to 2 years)
- Overseas passport/visa (can be expired up to 2 years if accompanied by a current Australian visa)
- Australian photo driver licence (can be expired up to 2 years)
- Australian firearms licence
- Tasmanian Government personal information card (showing your full name)
- Department of Home Affairs travel documents or Australian Government issued Immicard
- Department of Home Affairs certificate of evidence of resident status.
- Medicare card
- Bank or credit card, with signature
- Student identity card with photo, issued by an Australian educational institution
- Department of Veterans' Affairs or Centrelink - pensioner concession or other current entitlement card issued by the Australian Government
- Births, Deaths and Marriages change of name/marriage certificate (not a church or celebrant document) or deed poll
- High risk work licence issued by WorkSafe Tasmania
- Government issued working with vulnerable people card.
If you have changed your address or name
If your name or address is incorrect on your licence or any documents you use to prove your identity, you must show evidence of:
- your address, and/or
- change of name documents.
Change of address
To show evidence of change of address you must provide one of the following documents:
- Financial institution statement
- Lease or rent agreement
- Council rate notice
- Utility account (electricity, water, sewerage, telephone, gas)
- Aurora+ phone application (name and address details must match the applicant's and be visible when sighted at a service centre. Must not be a screenshot)
- Land tax valuation notice
- Australian Taxation Office assessment (current or last financial year)
- Certificate of title.
To show evidence of change of name you must provide one of the following documents:
- Adoption paper issued by court
- Divorce paper issued by court, showing your original name
- Change of name registration issued by Births, Deaths and Marriages or deed poll
- Guardianship order
- Marriage certificate issued by Births, Deaths and Marriages (not a church or celebrant issued document).
If you cannot show these identity documents, please contact Service Tasmania on 1300 135 513.
How much it costs
It costs $18.70 to request the release of information.
You can get a digital copy of your driver licence history at myServiceTas for no charge.
Fees and charges last updated 1 July, 2024.
Payment options
More Information
- In most cases you can get the document immediately.
- There are some circumstances where your request must be sent to Transport Services. This process can take up to 2 weeks.
Please visit Transport Services for more information on applying for the release of licence and registration details.
