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Public Records Information

Public Records & Public Information Requests

As a public agency, the Vermont Department of Motor Vehicles is responsible for applying efficient and effective management methods in creating, using, maintaining, retaining, destroying, and preserving records created and received in the course of business. These records must be systematically managed to preserve their legal, historical, and informational value and promote economic and transparent business operations.

Making a Request for Public Records

Complete this form. We will fulfill your request or contact you for more information upon receipt.

Not all requests for information are public records requests. If your request for data, records, or public information is determined to be a public records request, the following fees have been established as the actual cost of providing a copy of a public record under 1 VSA 316(d)

Uniform Schedule of Public Records Charges for State Agencies

Note that there are fees for copies of public records established by 23 V.S.A. § 114 that may override the fees established by this schedule.

  1. For staff time involved in physically duplicating a record, $.33 per minute after the first 30 minutes.
  2. For senior-level staff time and information technology specialists’ time spent extracting data from databases or performing similar tasks necessary to comply with a request to create a new public record, $.57 per minute.
  3. For any other staff time for which cost can be charged and collected under this section, $.45 per minute.
  4. For photocopies, $.05 per single-sided page, $.09 per double-sided page for pages up to 8.5 by 14 inches.
  5. For color photocopies, $1.00 per single-sided page.
  6. For computer-generated paper copies, $.02 per page for pages up to 8.5 by 14 inches.
  7. For computer diskettes, $.28 each for 3.5-inch diskettes.
  8. For compact discs, $.86 each for write-once CD w/case, $2.31 each for re-writable CD w/case.
  9. For audiotapes, $.81 each.
  10. For videotapes, $1.69 each.
  11. For DVDs, $2.00 each for write-once DVD w/case, $4.00 each for re-writable DVD w/case.

Media/Press Inquiries

Public Outreach & Media Inquiries

Related Links

Vermont Public Records Database

Vermont Public Records Law 

Freedom of Information Act (FoIA)

Featured Article

April 3, 2025

Distracted Driving Awareness Month

WHAT: Distracted Driving Awareness Month Press Conference

WHEN: Wednesday, April 9, 2025, at 11:00 a.m.

WHERE: Vermont State Police Westminster Barracks, 1330 Westminster Heights Road, Westminster

DETAILS:

April is National Distracted Driving Awareness Month. The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the Vermont Agency of Transportation’s State Highway Safety Office (SHSO), and Vermont highway safety advocates are launching a high-visibility enforcement effort from April 10-14, 2025, to deter distracted driving. Law enforcement officers nationwide will work together to enforce laws regarding texting and distracted driving, and to remind people to drive with their full attention.

To support this effort, the SHSO will hold a Distracted Driving Awareness Press Conference with representatives from the SHSO, Vermont State Police and other Vermont and New Hampshire law enforcement agencies, Emergency Medical Services (EMS), the American Automobile Association (AAA), and the cellular service carrier AT&T. The goal of the press conference is to bring together public and private stakeholders who dedicate their work to keeping Vermont’s roads safer for all road users and to raise awareness about the risks of distracted driving.

According to NHTSA, in 2022, 3,308 people were killed and an estimated additional 289,310 people injured in traffic crashes involving distracted drivers. Due to data collection limitations, however, we know that these are underestimations. In Vermont, during the past five years (2020-2024), there have been 33 fatalities attributed to distracted driving, which means that 9.6% of all vehicle-related fatalities in Vermont involved a distracted driver.

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Related Forms & Information
Title Sort descending ID# Description
DMV Record Request
VG-116
To request records and documents including driving records, certified copies, police and individual crash reports, etc.
DPPA User Agreement
VG-118
To request user access to certain records for the purpose of obtaining personal information. This form is typically used for frequent requesters.
DPPA User Agreement (Non-Standard)
VG-118a
To record and contract for billing the usage of a DPPA user.