---
id: "nl_driver_license"
kind: "datatype"
status: "draft"
is_pii: true
categories: ["pii", "persons"]
country: ["NL"]
langs: ["nl"]
quality: 93
url: "http://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/nl_driver_license"
---

# Dutch driver's license number (`nl_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.

Document number of a driving licence (rijbewijs) issued in the Netherlands by the RDW, ten digits printed in field 5 of the card. Microsoft Purview looks for ten digits without spaces or delimiters and no check digit.

- Parent datatype: `driver_license`
- Personal data (PII): yes
- Categories: Personally identifiable information (pii), Person related (persons)
- Countries: Netherlands (NL)
- Languages: Dutch (nl)
- Classification: identifier

## Detection

Regular expression (Python `re`):

```
^\d{10}$
```

## Examples

- `6236186433` — Number of the RDW specimen driving licence, model 2025
- `623618643` (invalid example) — Nine digits

## Mappings

- dpv: `pd:OfficialID`
- purview: `Netherlands drivers license number`, `EU drivers license number`

## Supported by tools

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

## Translations

- nl: Rijbewijsnummer: Documentnummer van een Nederlands rijbewijs, tien cijfers in veld 5.
- ru: Номер водительского удостоверения Нидерландов: Номер нидерландского водительского удостоверения - десять цифр в поле 5.

## Sources

- doc: <https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/purview/sit-defn-netherlands-drivers-license-number>
- doc: <https://www.knv.nl/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Nieuw-rijbewijs-model-2025_RDW.pdf>
- wikipedia: <https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rijbewijs>

## Quality

Score 93/100. Missing: second example.

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