As you are aware, PennDOT’s internal Office of Administration Information Technology (OA IT) and AAMVA tried an over-night corrective action on March 22nd they felt would be impactful in enhancing the effectiveness of the DLDV system and significantly reduce the intermittent outages the program experienced in the last month.  Additionally, we asked each Integrator to prepare their systems to temporarily suspend the DLDV requirement if the corrective action was not effective. Since the corrective action did not help, on March 23, 2023, PennDOT informed each Integrator to take the steps needed to temporarily suspend the DLDV requirement in their system.  

OA IT and AAMVA have implemented an additional system fix.  After completing additional load testing of the fix, they believe it has addressed the issues which lead to the intermittent outages the system recently experienced.  PennDOT reviewed the results of the testing conducted on Monday, March 27, 2023, which display that the DLDV system is performing well, and that the corrective action addressed the issues.    

Effective Tuesday, March 28, 2023, Integrators will restore the DLDV requirement in their systems and all agents are again required to complete the DLDV check for processes that require identification verification.  

PennDOT appreciates everyone’s continued cooperation and understanding as we worked through these technical system issues.  We understand that this has been a difficult situation for many agents and their customers.   

Please note, that while we have experienced these system issues, the DLDV process has already displayed significant success in that we have confirmed and stopped 40 fraudulent driver licenses from being used to title and register a vehicle.  This is a significant impact to the motoring public, demonstrates the effectiveness of the DLDV system and the importance this electronic verification assistance provides to help mitigate fraud associated with the titling and registration of vehicles, as well as help mitigate the potential for insurance fraud. 

Again, PennDOT would like to thank everyone for their patience as we worked through the technical issues affecting the Driver’s License Data Verification (DLDV) system.