How long does a car accident stay on your record?

Greg Stokes: It depends upon what you are talking about as a record. If we are talking about the Department of Motor Vehicles, and if you are cited with the accident, you have a ticket, and you are found guilty, or you plead guilty, usually the Department of Motor Vehicles is going to keep that on your record for about seven years. It is going to show if somebody runs a DMV report going back