Driving and criminal records

Your driving record is a list of all traffic offences that you have committed in NSW, including:

• any fines you have paid, except parking offences
• any traffic offences for which a court found you guilty and convicted you
• section 10 dismissals - where the court finds you guilty but records no conviction.

Your driving record will state:

• the date of any offences
• the name of the offences
• the amount of the fine or other penalty you received
• the demerit points you received for the offence, and 
• where Revenue NSW has given you a caution.

If you want to get a copy of your driving record, you can request one from Service NSW.

Your criminal record is a list of all serious traffic offences and criminal offences you have pleaded guilty to or been found guilty of and convicted for committing.

Serious traffic offences include:

• drink driving
• dangerous or negligent driving where someone is hurt
• driving whilst disqualified.

Your criminal record will also include criminal and traffic offences where you have taken a fine to court, and the Court convicted you.

Your criminal record doesn’t include:

• parking offences
• dismissed criminal charges
• offences for which a court found you not guilty
• Apprehended Violence Orders.

You can’t remove a conviction from your criminal record, although some offences can become spent convictions.

Anything listed in your criminal record will appear in a criminal record check.

If you want to get a copy of your criminal record, see Police check on the NSW Police Force website.

A criminal history is a list of all offences you have been to court for, including all offences where:

• you were found guilty
• you were given a section 10 dismissal
• you were found not guilty
• charges were dismissed.

A criminal history will also list any apprehended violence orders and warrants.