Who has access to the information of a driving license (points, validity...)?

Verified 11 September 2024 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)

Access to your driving license information depends on the nature of the information you are looking for. It shall be limited to certain authorities and persons individually designated and empowered.

Some authorities and individually designated and empowered persons are authorized to view the information recorded in the NCPS: titleContent concerning your license, including the point balance .

These include:

  • Central Administration Officer under the authority of the Minister of the Interior, responsible for recording information on driving licenses
  • Agent the National Agency for Securities (ANTS)
  • Judicial authority (public prosecutor's office and seat magistrate exercising criminal functions, delegate of the public prosecutor for certain missions, registry officer and authorized person, legal officer assisting a magistrate exercising criminal functions)
  • Administrative Magistrate for the hearing of appeals against decisions to withdraw points from the driving license
  • Judicial Police Officer under the the execution of a court order or a flagrancy investigation
  • Prefect
  • Agent placed under the authority of the prefect, responsible for registration on the license and the driving license regulations
  • Official of policy national and military gendarme national, for roadside checks
  • Agent specially authorized to carry out statistical studies on road accidents
  • Officer under the authority of the Minister responsible for transportation, for the road transport control.

FYI  

You yourself can consult your point balance via the online service My points allowed. . If you connect via FranceConnect, you can also consult your full information record.

Depending on the identity of the person or authority who wants to know if your driver's license is valid, access to the information is done by consulting the NCPS: titleContent or on request addressed to the prefect.

Upon consultation with the NCPS

Some authorities and individually designated and empowered persons have a limited access to the information of the NCPS: titleContent concerning the existence, category and validity of your license.

These are the following authorities and individuals:

  • Judicial Police Officer, or a judicial police officer in connection with a preliminary investigation
  • Deputy judicial police officer and country guard for the identification of the perpetrators of certain infringements to the highway code
  • Agent of an organization responsible for driver card associated with the electronic tachograph or the driver qualification card of certain road vehicles
  • Agent of a public road transport company, for persons employed as drivers (the employer may use the Verify Permit portal).
  • Authority of a European Union countries for the authentication of the driving license, in accordance with the international agreements in force.

On request addressed to the Prefect

The following persons and authorities, in the context of their missions, may ask the prefect if you have a license, if it is valid, and what categories you have:

  • Civil or military administration, for persons employed as drivers and for applicants for the employment of driver
  • insurance company, for their policyholders having subscribed to a motor insurance contract.

FYI  

You can consult your restricted information record via the online service My Points Allowed. If you connect via FranceConnect, you can also consult your full information record . Your lawyer has access to the restricted information recordupon request to the prefect.

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