I am a licensed NY driver, but I moved to Kansas some time ago and I am finally getting new license and plates, and am also getting new insurance. I lost my wallet on a recent trip, and getting this new Kansas stuff requires my NY drivers license number. What is a person in my situation supposed to do if the NY dmv phone number is always busy (not kidding, last 2 business days I started calling from before they were open and nonstop until lunch, then hundreds and hundreds of times after, and I just cant keep spending my days doing that or I’m going to have some issues with the boss. I suppose I could write them a letter, but then I’d be looking at a month turnaround time at least. I suppose there’s really nothing I can do, but I’m hoping maybe someone knows of some option I haven’t thought of.
If he knew the number, he wouldn’t need the form, dude.
Do you have insurance papers, or an old traffic ticket? Those should have your DL number.
Your auto insurer will have your DL# on file. So will the dealer if you bought a car in the last ~5 years.
or perhaps you have a cancelled check with the number written on it (or even printed on it) from the “old” days.
Your bank probably has that information also.
From the supplied link: “If you do not know your Client ID number, copy exactly your full name and your date of birth from your photo document.”
So if the OP knows the exact name and DOB on their lost license, the NYS DMV should be able to find it.
Yup.
Yes, but that involves filling out, turning in, and processing a form for a duplicate license. He doesn’t want a duplicate license in 4-6 weeks, he just wants his number, and doesn’t want to wait for it.
This piques my interest:
My friends and I are always talking about “who doesn’t know what?”
I have always known my license plate #, from several vehicles (several, I mean each one that I drove into the ground until I got the next one). It helps you from getting into the similar looking car that isn’t yours.
I know my MD DL # by memory. (13 digits)
I still know my old TX DL # by memory. (eight digits)
I still know my mother’s TX DL # by memory (funny joke; back in the day mom used to write checks and when the cashier would ask, sis and I would sing-song it out. The cashier always figured if the kids knew it, it must be true, and mom would stop digging in her purse).
We all know our SSN’s, bank account #s, PINs, etc., don’t we? What don’t you know?
But I’m weird. To me, this is common. To others, well, good luck tying your shoes.
(Oh, wait…they have velcro now, don’t they?)
I know my SSN, a few pins, maybe a dozen username and password combinations, a few phone numbers. However, what use is knowing my DL#, bank account #, etc.?
In NH it’s a combination of letters from your name, and birth date. I can calculate it out, if I need to, but it’s not something I’ve worried about trying to remember off hand. If I really need the number, I pull out my license, and honestly, unless you’re writing a check, how often do you really need that number anymore?
MA (when I had a MA license) used your SSN, but you could get an “alternate” number, if you desired. I didn’t desire, as it’s "yet another number to remember).
Well, for the DL #, sometimes it comes in handy, as in the OP’s case.
Not knowing your bank account #? 
What if you lose your ATM card and have to actually enter the bank to withdraw money? Do they just take your word for it? I would think that if you make the teller go through the process to verify your identity before you can conduct your business, you are creating a bottleneck in the bank line.
Like I said, maybe it’s just me. I like to have this information memorized. Because you never know…
This may be a bit of a reach: Imagine a case of identity theft. The identity thief is trying to conduct business and open an account in your name, maybe over the telephone. They have all your info: SSN, CC#, bank account, etc. The person who is helping the thief open this account asks all the usual questions: SSN, bank account #, DL#, etc.
The person who has this memorized can just recite all these numbers and codes. No problem. An ID thefter would have to hem and haw and pause to get things, like current address, SSN, bank account #, whatever.
Hopefully, a savvy Account Opening staff member would consider somebody who didn’t know their own information from memory a bit suspect and alert a manager or something.
This situation is void if the ID thefter has anticipated all these questions beforehand and has it all on a crib note or something. Again, it may be a bit of a stretch.
I bring my check book, where the bank account # is written on every check, and ID. Does your bank really let anybody who knows the bank account # by heart withdraw money from your account?
I would imagine that an ID thief would either have the information in front of them, or not at all.
And what should a manager do in a situation like this?