How to Use DMVCheck on IDentiFake

How to Use DMVCheck on IDentiFake

This article will provide a tutorial on how to use DMVCheck on IDentiFake and assumes that you already have an existing DMVCheck subscription. For a guide on setting up a subscription, please see this article.

DMVCheck Overview 

DMVCheck service cross-checks Driver Licenses, Driving Permits and Identification Cards issued by U.S. Jurisdictions against the DMV database. It provides you with the real-time capability to verify ID information against data from the issuing agency by verifying that the ID exists and returning true/false for ID attributes

Logging In & User Accounts


After setting up your DMVCheck account and subscription you will be able to verify the information from a scanned ID against the DMV database. 

The Main IDentiFake screen now features a DMV section, highlighted in red on the image below. 




In order to use DMVCheck, you must log in to your DMVCheck account


Click the “Log In” button and the following pop up window will appear:




Press the blue “Log In” button and sign in using the same credentials you used to set up your DMVCheck account.


User Accounts


As a best practice, we recommend each user your IDentiFake have their own DMVCheck User account, logging in and out, as appropriate. This provides the ability to set usage limits for each user and monitor their usage. For a tutorial on how to set up DMVCheck user accounts, please see this article and review the "Adding User Account" section.  

Performing a DMVCheck: 

Performing a DMV Check can be done two ways: 


  1. From the Main Screen 

  2. From the Scan Results screen


Note - the scan results screen will pop-up if an ID fails or receives an “Attention” result from IDentiFake. The scan results screen must be accessed manually for IDs that have Passed IDentiFake or IDentiFake can be configured to display the Scan Results screen after every scan, if desired. 


Running DMVCheck from the Main Screen


After scanning an ID, running a DMVCheck on the ID is as simple as pressing the “Run DMV Check” button, seen highlighted in red below:




A pop up will then appear that will display your account information (highlighted in blue below) and a “Run DMV Check” button (highlighted red) to confirm and submit the scanned ID’s information for comparison with DMV database records. 




The results of the DMVCheck will then be displayed. The interpretation of the results are discussed in a subsequent section of this guide. 

Note that if the “Run DMV Check” button is pressed prior to scanning an ID the following screen will appear: 





Running DMVCheck from the Scan Result Screen


After scanning an ID on IDentiFake, you will now see a “Run DMV Check” button located on the right side of the Scan Results screen. This can be seen highlighted in the blue in the screenshot below:


Note: The Scan Results screen will only automatically be displayed for scanned IDs with “Failed” or “Attention” IDentiFake results. 




After pressing the “Run DMV Check” button, a pop up will appear that will display your account information (highlighted in blue below) with another “Run DMV Check” button (highlighted red) to confirm and submit the scanned ID’s information for comparison with DMV database records.




DMVCheck Results & Interpretation

DMVCheck provides you with the real-time capability to verify ID information against data from the issuing agency by verifying that the ID exists and returning true/false for matches of the following ID attributes:

     -  Document Number
     -  State Code 
     -  First Name
     -  Middle Name
     -  Last Name
     -  Name Suffix
     -  Street
     -  City
     -  State
     -  Zip Code
     -  Issue Date
     -  Expiration Date
     -  Eye Color
     -  Height
     -  Weight
     -  Gender

A verification request may contain any or all of the listed attributes for verification. To ensure privacy, DMV Verification does not return the actual data, only true/false responses for each field. 

Color-coded DMVCheck results will appear on IDentiFake for ease of use and display "Result" and "Score" values. 

The "Result" field is a True/False response on whether the submitted ID matches DMV records overall. 

The "Score" field provides a more granular response, where matches for each of the ID's attributes are considered.
  1. Score values range from 0 to 100 -- a DMV record match for each ID attribute contributes to a higher score.
  2. A score of 0 indicates that no ID attributes matched DMV records
  3. A score of 100 indicates that all attributes matched
  4. A score value of 70 or greater provides a DMVCheck "True" result
    1. An example of a score between 70 and 100 could be a customer that has recently moved and has not updated their ID yet. 

Below is an example DMVCheck response for a verified valid ID:



Supported States

Below is a Map of the US States that are currently available on the DMV database, as of early 2024.





DMVCheck is unavailable for use on IDs issued by any States shown in any color except dark green.

Attempts to run DMVCheck on IDs issued by a State that is not currently supported, the following message will be displayed:




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