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May 7, 2025, is the deadline set by the federal government to have the license created under the REAL ID Act in 2005 — a post-9/11 security measure. Are Real ID's mandatory?
(The Center Square) – Several new laws go into effect Jan. 1 that affect Illinois drivers. Among the nearly 300 new laws going into effect are updates to drivers’ education, including ...
The driver's license, which is issued by each individual state, operates as the de facto national identity card due to the ubiquity of driving in the United States. Each state also issues a non-driver state identity card which fulfills the same identification functions as the driver's license, but does not permit the operation of a motor vehicle.
The minimum age for a commercial driver's license is generally 18 years old, but federal law requires commercial drivers to be at least 21 years of age to operate a commercial motor vehicle in interstate commerce. An unrestricted driver's license is a prerequisite in all states before a commercial driver's license can be issued. [14] [15]
Real ID Act of 2005; Long title: An Act to establish and rapidly implement regulations for state driver's license and identification document security standards, to prevent terrorists from abusing the asylum laws of the United States, to unify terrorism-related grounds for inadmissibility and removal, and to ensure expeditious construction of the San Diego border fence.
Information about the Real ID requirements posted at the Secretary of State's driver's license facility in the James R. Thompson Center in Chicago, Ill. on March 27, 2019.
The creation of the REAL ID requirement stemmed from the 9/11 terrorist attacks. In 2005, Congress approved The REAL ID Act, revising the minimum standards for driver’s licenses and state IDs in ...
Washington State Enhanced Driver's License - Sample. An enhanced driver's licence (EDL) or enhanced ID in common usage, is a card which functions both as driving licence and identity card with limited passport features issued in some states in the United States [1] and formerly issued in some provinces in Canada, [2] for people who are both citizens of the country and residents of the relevant ...