Does DMV run background checks for non-drivers license issues?

Question

LAW ENFORCEMENT OR DMV AGENTS REPLY ONLY. I'm not looking for opinions, just facts.

I am a captain in a prison, and I work closely with inmates in pre-release. as LE officers you know some have detainers and warrants in other states and may only be extradited in certain regions as stated in NCIC. Many times inmates will not be picked up and have to be released. They are trying to clear their warrants, but leaving with $22 and being put on the street, it's next to impossible for them to return to the jurisdiction to clear the warrants, until they save up some money. To get a job, you need an ID or DL. Many of those released are scared to go to DMV for a license in fear they may be arrested for an outstanding criminal felony warrant in another state. But they will drive without the license and insurance. I'm trying to stop that from happening. Right now I'm dealing with an inmate in Oregon that has a felony warrant in NV.

Answer 1

I can't say about other states, but Texas DPS checks when you appear for a license or renewal, and arrests are made. I assume Nevada won't extradite this guy, or you'd hold him on their detainer. It seems to me that if they won't put a detainer on him in an Oregon prison, because they won't extradite that far, they wouldn't extradite him if he turned up applying for an Oregon DL. I would have thought Nevada would extradite from somewhere so close as Oregon, but maybe not for whatever he's got. Might check his bond in Oregon. If he's an absconder or an FTA, he might not have a bond, or it might be really high, and he'd be better to hustle some bus money from a ministry or something and go on down and deal with it before getting a job. I guess you have to ask Oregon DMV if they'lll give them a license when they have a warrant, even if it can't be executed.