Open Government/Public Records
Public Records Request – Florida's public records laws are very broad, and most documents and records are available to the public. However, the laws exempt specific personal information contained in a motor vehicle record from public disclosure requirements. A motor vehicle record includes driver licenses, titles, registrations and identification cards issued by the Department.
The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles provides information throughout its Web site, including online driver license and motor vehicle checks. Other reports such as driver histories, motor vehicle histories and crash reports can be ordered. The Department maintains the Florida driver license, motor vehicle and related databases, which are queried and updated in real time as citizens are issued licenses and registrations at the more than 400 locations throughout the state. These databases are generally available 24 hours each day for retrieval of driver and vehicle related data by law enforcement, businesses and interested parties except during brief outages scheduled for required system maintenance.
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Executive Order 07-01
Executive Order 07-242
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Open Government Bill of Rights
Florida Attorney General's Website
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Collier Class Action Settlement Documents
Click here for more information on the Driver Privacy Protection Act.
DHSMV Organization – Want to learn more about how our team is organized? Click here to view our organizational chart (pdf 15 kB) .
Telecommuting Policy 5.17:
Budget – How does DHSMV spend taxpayer money? The budget for the current fiscal year July 1, 2008 – June 30, 2009 can be viewed here.
Legislative Budget Request – To plan for the next fiscal year, each agency submits a proposed budget to the Florida State Legislature. State legislators use these requests to draft and approve a budget each year (in fact, it’s the only bill they are required by law to approve each session). Click here to view our legislative budget request for the next fiscal year July 1, 2009 – June 30, 2010.
Legislative Priorities – Like our legislative budget request, we submit our legislative priorities to the Florida State Legislature. These priorities include new or proposed changes to Florida laws that we deem important to motorists in Florida and an improvement to the way we serve state government. To view our proposed legislative budget for the 2009 session click here.
Public Records – Need to make a public records request? Florida’s Public Records Law is found at Chapter 119 Florida Statutes. It permits inspection or copying non-exempt public records. There is a per copy cost of 15 cents per page, unless provided otherwise by statute, and the extensive use of clerical or supervisory time (in excess of one hour) may result in added labor costs. All costs must be paid in advance of providing copies, unless other satisfactory arrangements are made.
Questions, comments, or complaints regarding the highway patrol, driver licenses, tags and titles, please refer to the Contact Us page for further assistance.
If you would like to request a public record, use the following list and keywords to locate the best contact.
Media-related (members of the media who need public records as part of a news story, all topics)
Communications Office
2900 Apalachee Pkwy, MS 44
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0500
HSMV-Info@flhsmv.gov
(850) 617-3102
Human Resources (personnel and employment-related issues)
Rene Knight
2900 Apalachee Pkwy, MS 30
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0500
ReneKnight@flhsmv.gov
(850) 617-3207
Agency Purchasing and Contracting (agency term contracts, agency purchasing policies and online purchasing and vendor bid announcements). Click here to search our online database of contracts.
Stacy Arias
2900 Apalachee Pkwy, MS 31
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0500
StacyArias@flhsmv.gov
(850) 617-3203
Performance Management (strategic planning, service goals to measure performance; customer service; department policies and procedures; statewide crash statistics; agency long range program plan, quarterly reports, and annual report.)
Patty Taff
2900 Apalachee Pkwy, MS 07
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0500
PattyTaff@flhsmv.gov
(850) 617-3033
Legislative Affairs (legislative and budgetary issues)
Steven Fielder
2900 Apalachee Pkwy, MS 39
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0500
StevenFielder@flhsmv.gov
(850) 617-3195
Administrative Services (finance and accounting, office services, purchasing and contracts, real estate services)
Deana Metcalf
2900 Apalachee Pkwy, MS 20
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0500
Deana Metcalf@flhsmv.gov
(850) 617-3400
Information Systems Administration or ISA (technology)
Nelson Munn
2900 Apalachee Pkwy, MS 06
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0500
NelsonMunn@flhsmv.gov
(850) 617-3100
Division of Driver Licenses (driver license public records requests)
Dana Reiding
2900 Apalachee Pkwy, MS 89
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0500
DanaReiding@flhsmv.gov
(850) 617-2702
Divison of Motor Vehicles (tag, title or registration records request pertaining to vehicles, boats/vessels or mobile homes)
Boyd Walden
2900 Apalachee Pkwy, MS 68
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0500
BoydWalden@flhsmv.gov
(850) 617-3001
Florida Highway Patrol (highway patrol records request)
Captain Mark Welch
2900 Apalachee Pkwy, MS 44
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0500
MarkWelch@flhsmv.gov
(850) 617-2301
Other Requests (Can’t find what you are looking for in the keywords above? Contact our general counsel’s office for general public records requests.)
Office of the General Counsel
Judd Chapman
2900 Apalachee Pkwy, MS 02
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0500
JuddChapman@flhsmv.gov
(850) 617-3101
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