What is a MS90 endorsement?

MS90 is the DVLA code for failure to give information as to identity of driver. It carries 6 points and stays on the driving record for 4 years from the date of the offence. The points count towards the 12 point totting total for 3 years from the offence date, which is a different clock from the 4 year print period. Use the number on your record, which will sit inside the published range. The code is what a licence check shows an insurer or an employer.

How many points does MS90 carry?

6 points, which is the range DVLA publishes. A fixed penalty, where one exists for the underlying offence, uses a single number inside that range. A court can use any number in the range, or can disqualify instead of points where the offence guideline allows it. A new driver is revoked at 6 points, so a code at the top of its range can cancel a new licence on its own.

How long does MS90 stay on a licence?

4 years from the date of the offence. It counts towards totting for 3 years from the offence date. After that it can still be visible until the 4 year point. Drink and drug codes use conviction as the start of the 11 year stay. Most other codes, including this one if it is a 4 year code, use the offence date. Insurers ask about unspent convictions, which is not the same clock.

What does MS90 do to insurance?

No official code specific premium change is published. The Highway Code says insurance costs are likely to rise considerably after conviction for a serious driving offence.

Why is MS90 6 points when the speeding was only 3?

Because they are different offences. SP30 is exceeding the limit. MS90 is failing to say who was driving. DVLA publishes MS90 at 6 points, not 3. A keeper who ignores the identification notice can collect 6 instead of passing a 3 point process to the actual driver. A new driver keeper is revoked at 6. A keeper on 6 live points is toted up.

I was not driving. Can MS90 still go on my licence?

Yes. The offence is failure to give information as to identity of the driver. The person required to give that information is typically the keeper. If you were not driving, the way to avoid MS90 is to name the driver in time, not to ignore the notice. A genuine inability to identify is a facts argument. Silence is not.

Does a company car MS90 go on my personal licence?

If you are the person required to identify the driver and you fail to, the endorsement is on your record. A company can have its own process and its own penalty. A human who was required to answer can still collect MS90. Fleet logs exist to prevent this. 'It could have been any of the team' is how 6 points arrive.

Does MS90 apply in Scotland?

The MS90 letters and the 6 points sit on a GB licence. A Scottish identification offence is a Scottish process. Scottish process does not change the 3 year totting window or the 6 point new driver limit. Northern Ireland uses DVA. The practical advice is the same: name the driver in time, or take advice before the deadline.

Endorsement code

MS90: Failure to give information as to identity of driver

Summary: MS90 carries 6 points and stays on the driving record for 4 years from the offence.

6 points

Published points

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency, Penalty points endorsements: endorsement codes and penalty points (as of 10 September 2026)

4 years

From offence

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency, How long endorsements stay on your driving record (as of 10 September 2026)

Not published

Official code specific premium change

Department for Transport, The Highway Code: Annex 5, penalties (as of 10 September 2026)

Checked on 10 September 2026.

When must MS90 be declared?

Answer an insurer's questions about unspent convictions. A road traffic endorsement may become spent after 5 years for an adult or 2 years 6 months if under 18, but another sentence can make the period longer.
The time an endorsement remains on the licence is not a universal insurance declaration period.
If an insurer asks about unspent convictions, answer the question accurately.

How can MS90 affect insurance?

No official code specific premium change is published. The Highway Code says insurance costs are likely to rise considerably after conviction for a serious driving offence.
No official source publishes a fixed premium increase for this code, so no percentage is shown.

What does an MS90 mean on a driving licence?

MS90 is failure to give information as to identity of the driver. DVLA publishes 6 points and a stay of 4 years from the date of the offence. The range is a single 6. It is the registered keeper's trap when a camera notice asks who was driving and the keeper does not name them. Six points, one code, no need for the original speeding or red light to be proved against a named driver.

A clean new driver who collects MS90 is revoked. A driver who already holds 6 live points is at 12. Keepers who 'cannot remember' after a hire weekend, a family car, or a van with several keys are how this code is born. The original SP30 might have been 3 points. MS90 is 6.

This is not a PCN appeal. It is a criminal endorsement for not identifying the driver. The notice that asks for the driver's details is the process. Ignoring it is how 6 points arrive without a photograph of your face.

MS90 is 6 points, 4 years from the offence, counting for 3. It revokes a new driver on its own and uses half of the 12 point total.

Example

A keeper who does not name the driver of a camera speeding car

Original allegation: Speeding, which would have been 3 point SP30
Notice: Requirement to identify the driver
Response: None, or no name given
Code: MS90, 6 points

The keeper is required to say who was driving.
Failure to give that information is MS90, 6 points, not a 3 point SP30.
A new driver keeper is revoked at 6.
A keeper already on 6 live points is toted up.
Naming the driver in time would have put the original 3 point process onto that driver instead.

MS90 is 6 points for not naming the driver. It is worse, on points, than the 3 point speeding ticket the camera was trying to issue.

I am the keeper, not the driver. Why is this on my licence?

Because the offence is failing to give information, not the speeding itself. The keeper who does not name the driver is the person endorsed. A company keeper has a company process. A human keeper has a human licence. If you were driving, name yourself. If someone else was, name them. If you genuinely cannot, that is a facts defence you take advice on, not a reason to ignore the deadline.

Hire firms, lease firms and families with several drivers need a log. 'It could have been any of us' is how 6 points land on the keeper. A company car without a driver log is a fleet problem and can still produce MS90 on the person who was required to answer.

A Scottish identification offence is recorded as MS90 on the GB record. Northern Ireland uses DVA. A GB MS90 still counts towards 12.

Published points 6 points, stay 4 years from the date of the offence.
Always 6, not a 3 to 6 range.
Revokes a clean new driver.
Often worse, on points, than the original camera offence.

What do people get wrong about MS90?

That ignoring a camera notice makes it go away. It can become this 6 point code instead. That the keeper cannot be endorsed if they were not driving. This offence is about the information, not the driving. That it is 3 points like the speeding. It is 6. That a late name after the deadline always cancels it. Take advice. Do not assume a late email is a published cure.

What happens if I ignore a request to name the driver?

That request is the offence. Ignoring it is how MS90, 6 points, lands on the keeper. The original 3 point speeding or TS10 can still be pursued against a named driver if you name them in time. Silence replaces a 3 point process with a 6 point one on you.

A late name after the deadline is not a published cure. Take advice immediately if the date has passed. Do not invent a story about a house-share where 'anyone might have driven'. A log, a diary, telematics, and a hire agreement are how keepers answer.

A company without a driver log can still produce MS90 on the person who was required to reply. Fleet letters of authorisation exist for plates. Driver logs exist for this notice. Use them.

How does MS90 affect families, hire cars and fleets?

A family car with three drivers needs a note of who had it that evening. 'It could have been any of us' is the sentence that precedes 6 points on the keeper. A hire car you rented is usually the hire firm's keeper problem, unless the notice is directed at you. Read who it is addressed to.

A new driver who is the keeper of a cheap first car can be revoked by MS90 alone, even if they were not driving. That is the sting. Name the driver. If it was you, name yourself and take the original 3 points if that is the offer.

A Scottish identification case appears as MS90 on the GB record. A GB MS90 still revokes a new driver at 6 and tot a driver at 6 plus 6. Northern Ireland uses DVA.

How do I read MS90 on a licence check?

MS90 is 6 points on the keeper for not naming the driver. A reader may think you were the speeding driver. You may have been the keeper who stayed silent. Both are 6 points. The letters do not say which. You may explain in a free-text box. You must still give MS90 and 6.

If the original SP30 also landed on you because you then named yourself late, both codes can exist. Give both. 3 plus 6 is 9. A new driver is already revoked at the 6.

A company keeper process can still leave a human MS90. If it is on your licence, it is yours to declare. Pointing at the fleet is not a declaration.

Read MS90, date, 6 points.
Check whether the original camera code is also on the record.
Add the dates to the calculator.
On a proposal, give MS90. Add a short fact if there is a box: keeper notice, driver named late, or driver not identified.

Who do I contact about an MS90, and by when?

The office that sent the requirement to name the driver, before the date on that paper. That is the whole job. Naming the driver in time is how you avoid 6 points on the keeper. A late email after the date is not a published cure. Take advice the same day if you have already missed it.

A hire firm or a fleet manager is who you call if you do not know who had the keys. A family WhatsApp is not a log. Get a name, a date of birth and a licence number, and send them in the form the notice requires.

Once MS90 is on the record, DVLA is not the appeal body. A new driver keeper is already revoked at 6. An employer who sees MS90 may think you were the speeding driver. You may explain. You must still declare the letters.

Common questions

What is a MS90 endorsement?: MS90 is the DVLA code for failure to give information as to identity of driver. It carries 6 points and stays on the driving record for 4 years from the date of the offence. The points count towards the 12 point totting total for 3 years from the offence date, which is a different clock from the 4 year print period. Use the number on your record, which will sit inside the published range. The code is what a licence check shows an insurer or an employer.
How many points does MS90 carry?: 6 points, which is the range DVLA publishes. A fixed penalty, where one exists for the underlying offence, uses a single number inside that range. A court can use any number in the range, or can disqualify instead of points where the offence guideline allows it. A new driver is revoked at 6 points, so a code at the top of its range can cancel a new licence on its own.
How long does MS90 stay on a licence?: 4 years from the date of the offence. It counts towards totting for 3 years from the offence date. After that it can still be visible until the 4 year point. Drink and drug codes use conviction as the start of the 11 year stay. Most other codes, including this one if it is a 4 year code, use the offence date. Insurers ask about unspent convictions, which is not the same clock.
What does MS90 do to insurance?: No official code specific premium change is published. The Highway Code says insurance costs are likely to rise considerably after conviction for a serious driving offence.
Why is MS90 6 points when the speeding was only 3?: Because they are different offences. SP30 is exceeding the limit. MS90 is failing to say who was driving. DVLA publishes MS90 at 6 points, not 3. A keeper who ignores the identification notice can collect 6 instead of passing a 3 point process to the actual driver. A new driver keeper is revoked at 6. A keeper on 6 live points is toted up.
I was not driving. Can MS90 still go on my licence?: Yes. The offence is failure to give information as to identity of the driver. The person required to give that information is typically the keeper. If you were not driving, the way to avoid MS90 is to name the driver in time, not to ignore the notice. A genuine inability to identify is a facts argument. Silence is not.
Does a company car MS90 go on my personal licence?: If you are the person required to identify the driver and you fail to, the endorsement is on your record. A company can have its own process and its own penalty. A human who was required to answer can still collect MS90. Fleet logs exist to prevent this. 'It could have been any of the team' is how 6 points arrive.
Does MS90 apply in Scotland?: The MS90 letters and the 6 points sit on a GB licence. A Scottish identification offence is a Scottish process. Scottish process does not change the 3 year totting window or the 6 point new driver limit. Northern Ireland uses DVA. The practical advice is the same: name the driver in time, or take advice before the deadline.