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To renew your Real ID or driver’s license online, the DMV website provides the following steps: Step 1: Create a DMV online account or log in (if one already exists). Step 2: Pay the renewal and ...
All U.S. states are issuing Real ID cards through their driver's licensing agencies, with requirements varying by state. Many offices require a reservation, which you can make online.
The Real ID Act of 2005 (stylized as REAL ID Act of 2005) is an Act of Congress that establishes requirements that driver licenses and identification cards issued by U.S. states and territories must satisfy to be accepted for accessing federal government facilities, nuclear power plants, and for boarding airline flights in the United States.
In just under 10 months on May 7, 2025, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security will require people to hold a federally-approved document — such as a passport or a Real ID driver’s license ...
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]
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.
Starting May 7, 2025, U.S. citizens will need a Real ID to fly domestically with a driver's license.
Also, as of December 2017, it maintained records for 30,112,927 persons, 33,993,857 driver licenses and/or identification cards (there is overlap as some persons can and do hold both documents), and 35,391,347 vehicles. [2] California has 26,957,875 licensed drivers. [2]