---
id: "in_driver_license"
kind: "datatype"
status: "draft"
is_pii: true
categories: ["pii", "persons"]
country: ["IN"]
langs: ["en", "hi"]
quality: 75
url: "http://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/in_driver_license"
---

# Indian driver's license number (`in_driver_license`)

> **Draft.** Draft records have not been reviewed yet and may be incomplete or wrong; do not treat them as authoritative for legal or compliance decisions.

Number of a driving licence issued in India. Microsoft Purview looks for a two-letter state code, a two-digit office code, the four-digit year of issue and seven digits, optionally separated by spaces or hyphens.

- Parent datatype: `driver_license`
- Personal data (PII): yes
- Categories: Personally identifiable information (pii), Person related (persons)
- Countries: India (IN)
- Languages: English (en), Hindi (hi)
- Classification: identifier

## Detection

Regular expression (Python `re`):

```
^[A-Z]{2}[ -]?\d{2}[ -]?\d{4}[ -]?\d{7}$
```

## Mappings

- dpv: `pd:OfficialID`
- purview: `India Drivers License Number`

## Supported by tools

- `amazonmacie`
- `microsoftpurview`
- `snowflake`

## Sources

- doc: <https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/purview/sit-defn-india-drivers-license-number>

## Quality

Score 75/100. Missing: examples, negative example, translation.

JSON: <http://registry.apicrafter.io/api/v1/datatypes/in_driver_license.json> · Edit: <https://github.com/apicrafter/metacrafter-registry/edit/main/data/datatypes/IN/persons/in_driver_license.yaml>