How do I get my DPS audit number if I've lost my driver's license?

So I lost my license and I don’t want to go to a DPS office to get a new one. I recently moved so I can disguise the loss as a change of address if only I have the DPS audit number from the license. Unfortunately I do not have a copy of the license or this would be easily solved, and I don’t know anybody around that would have a copy of it either. Can I call the DPS headquarters and ask them to give me this number? Or do I absolutely have to go in to the public office?