PDF of Virginia driving manual

Dept of Motor Vehicles. Can also go in person with photo id and request your driving record for $8. Police will have the additional benefit of the some areas having a dispatcher's computerized record of verbal warnings and previous stops that will not appear on your record, like written warnings and tickets would.

"The information on DMV records is maintained and released based on federal and state laws. Law enforcement may obtain your complete driving record; employers receive seven years of data and insurance companies receive five years. DMV will not release your license photograph without your signed release except to law enforcement."