Stolen license recourse

Online: This can be found on your DMV's website, complete with detailed instructions. A valid credit card is required. Mail: Download an application from your DMV's website.

Complete and then mail, along with a check, to the address located on the form. Phone: If offered, an operator or recorded voice will guide you. Have a credit card on hand. Kiosk: This replace license option is limited to a few states. Check our page titled Replacing a Lost License for state specifics Finally, call your car insurance provider and request a duplicate auto insurance card. Traveling with a Pet Soon? If you notice loans or credit accounts on your reports that you know you never opened on your own?

You know someone is using your personal information to steal your identity. But now is not the time to panic. Even if thieves have already opened accounts in your name, you can still take action to stop future damage. First, notify the banks or financial institutions behind the credit card or loan accounts opened fraudulently in your name. Explain to these institutions that you did not apply for these accounts or loans and that are a victim of identity theft.

The financial institutions will close these accounts. Inform the unemployment department that you never applied for benefits and that you have been the victim of identity theft.

The department will then end its payout of unemployment benefits to the thief who stole your identity. You should then freeze your credit with the credit bureaus of Experian, Equifax, and TransUnion. A credit freeze prevents creditors — such as banks or lenders — from accessing your credit reports.

This will stop identity thieves from taking out new loans or credit cards in your name because creditors won't approve their loan or credit requests if they can't first access your credit reports. When you freeze your credit with each bureau, it will send you a personal identification number. You can then use that PIN to unfreeze your credit if you want to apply for a loan or credit card. You will have to freeze your credit with each bureau: Experian , Equifax and TransUnion. Improve customer satisfaction with state services.

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Find a Location. Forms and Publications. Renew Registration. Update Emergency Contact Info. Page Content. Reporting Fraud PennDOT is committed to mitigating the risk for fraud and identity theft by continuing to strengthen its driver's license and motor vehicle products and processes.

Here are a few examples of helpful information to include: Who committed the fraud? This happened to me and my wife while on vacation and we were stopped several times after reporting the theft. Use these resources to research related issues, find additional information on stolen license plates, or to locate kits you can use to protect your license plate from being stolen again. If you find other helpful resources that we should have on this site send them our way and we will add them to the list.

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