Traffic and licence history
You can apply for information that relates to your Queensland licence or traffic history. Other people may also be able to apply to access your information—find out when your consent is required and when it is not required.
On this page:
- Licence history information
- Traffic history information
- How to access your personal information
- Authorising someone to access your personal information
- Certified copies of evidence of identity documents
- When your information can be released without your consent
Licence history information
You can apply for information for the following types of identification:
- driver licence
- industry authority
- marine licence indicator
- adult proof of age or photo identification card.
Information that can be released includes:
- your name, gender, date of birth and address
- licence number
- type and class of licence
- date you got your licence
- date your licence expires.
You can also apply for a licence history report if you need to prove that you have never held a Queensland driver licence.
Traffic history information
Apply for your traffic history
You can apply for a traffic history report for details of:
- offences committed and dealt with under the Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995 (PDF, 1.5MB)
- offences committed and dealt with under section 754 of the Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000
- dangerous operation of a vehicle under section 328A of the Criminal Code
- contraventions of the Heavy Vehicle National Law (Queensland).
The printed traffic history will include the:
- person’s full name, gender, date of birth, and residential address
- customer reference number (licence number).
If the driver has committed offences, the following information will be included:
- offence details—including offence date, description, demerit points, result date, results and monetary penalty
- information about licence sanction notices issued
- periods of licence suspension, cancellation and/or disqualification.
Unless you request a different period, a traffic history report will show details for the last 5 years.
View a sample traffic history report.
How to access your personal information
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Online
You can access some of your licence and traffic history information online:
- check the status of your licence
- check your demerit point balance
- order a copy of your traffic history
By phone
You can ring 13 23 80 to receive some information about your licence or traffic history verbally. We will ask you a series of questions to confirm your identity before providing any information.
In person
To apply for a written release of your licence or traffic history, you will need to:
- lodge the completed release of information application (F2121) at a Department of Transport and Main Roads customer service centre or an authorised Queensland Government Agent Program office
- bring your licence or other evidence of identity documents
- pay the fee.
If your application is approved, we will give you the report over the counter.
If you are interstate, overseas or in a remote area
If you are interstate, overseas or in a remote area of Queensland, you can apply for the written release of your information by email or mail.
By mail
To apply by mail you will need to:
- complete a release of information application (F2121)
- provide certified copies† of your evidence of identity documents listed on the application form. Find out more about requirements for certified copies.
- pay the fee by either:
- including a cheque or money order in Australian dollars, for the required release of information fee, payable to the ‘Department of Transport and Main Roads’.
- having a friend or family member pay the fee for you at a transport and motoring customer service centre before you mail your application.
- mail your completed form, certified copies of your evidence of identity documents, and cheque or money order to:
Department of Transport and Main Roads
Customer Service Support
GPO Box 2451
Brisbane Queensland 4001
If your application is approved, your report will be sent to you by email—you will also be given the option to receive a copy by mail.
By email
Please note: the option to apply by email is only available to interstate and overseas applicants.
To apply by email you will need to:
- complete a release of information application (F2121)
- provide certified copies† of your evidence of identity documents detailed on the application form. Find out more about requirements for certified copies
- Send your application form and certified evidence of identity documents to paid_searches@tmr.qld.gov.au
When your application is approved, we will email you an invoice—you can use the payment reference numbers to pay online with a credit or debit card.
After you have paid, reply to our email with a copy of your receipt attached, and we will send the report to your nominated email address. You can also nominate another email address if you need the report to be sent to another organisation.
Authorising someone else to access your personal information
Another person or organisation (such as an employer) may apply in person or by mail to access your information. Once we receive the application, we will contact you during business hours to confirm that you consent to the release of your information. If we can't contact you or you don't consent, the application will be refused.
In person
For a person to apply for your personal information, they must:
- lodge the completed release of information application (F2121) at a Department of Transport and Main Roads customer service centre or an authorised Queensland Government Agent Program office
- bring their licence or other evidence of identity documents
- pay the release of information fee.
If the person is acting as a representative of an organisation, they will also need to provide confirmation on the organisation's letterhead that they are authorised to act its behalf.
By mail
A person or organisation based outside of Queensland can apply for your personal information by mail. To do this, they must:
- complete the release of information application (F2121) form
- include a cheque or money order in Australian dollars, for the required fee, payable to the ‘Department of Transport and Main Roads’.
- provide certified copies† of your evidence of identity documents listed on the application form. Find out more about requirements for certified copies.
- mail the completed form, certified copies of your evidence of identity documents, and cheque or money order to:
Department of Transport and Main Roads
Customer Service Support
GPO Box 2451
Brisbane Queensland 4001
If the person is acting as a representative of an organisation, they will also need to provide confirmation on the organisation's letterhead that they are authorised to act its behalf.
Certified copies of evidence of identity documents
†Your evidence of identity documents must be certified by an approved witness and contain the words 'I have sighted the original document and certify this to be a true copy of the original'. An approved witness (or local equivalent) may be:
- doctor
- police officer
- consular or ambassadorial officer
- solicitor, barrister or judge
- Justice of the Peace or a Commissioner for Declarations
- Notary Public or a person authorised by law to witness and sign declarations
The witness must sign and print their full name, position title/designation and contact details (including office stamp).
Note: You may have to pay a fee to have the documents witnessed. All witnessed documents must be in English or have an English translation.
When your information can be released without your consent
In some cases, your licence or traffic history can be released without your consent to:
- a person who has been appointed as your attorney under your Power of Attorney (a power of attorney is the legal power to make decisions on someone else’s behalf)
- a police officer applying for a release of traffic history or licence information if they are performing a function associated with their role as a police officer
- a court, by court subpoena, applying for the release of traffic history or licence information
- an interstate or federal authority which grants or issues driver licences under state or Commonwealth law applying for the release of traffic history or licence information
- a person representing an authorised government agency applying for a release of traffic history or licence information—the person applying must show the legislation entitling the release of information
- a foreign authority which issues driver licences applying for a release of traffic history or driver information for the purpose of issuing a foreign driver licence.