Read the full eligibility requirements for using the online renewal, replacement or address change application.
If you have unpaid reinstatement fees, you are not eligible to renew online until you pay them.
Read the full eligibility requirements for using the online renewal, replacement or address change application.
Applicants who are 79 or older must renew driver licenses in person at a driver license office, but can still renew ID cards online. This includes military personnel and people who reside out of state.
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Review order information, make changes if necessary, and submit payment information.
Your new driver license or ID card will be mailed to you in two to three weeks. If you renewed, replaced or changed the address for a driver license, you need to print your temporary driver license (valid for 60 days) from the receipt page. You may also choose to receive the temporary driver license or ID by email, but you must print it in order for it to be a valid document.
At the end of a successful transaction, you will be able to view and change your emergency contacts for no additional fee.
Texas law says you cannot have more than one valid driver license or ID card. After receiving your new driver license or ID, invalidate your old card by cutting it up.
Renewing online is faster than filling out and submitting paperwork via mail or waiting in line at a driver license office. After you request a new license or ID, you will receive it in the mail in two to three weeks, no matter what method you used to request it.
You can track whether your license or ID card has been produced or mailed on the DPS website. Please wait 72 hours after payment to track the status of your license/ID card.
Yes. The system is available 7 days per week, 24 hours per day except for routine maintenance down time.
Yes, if you have recorded the audit number from your last card. In lieu of providing your audit number, you may select the checkbox on the login page stating "I do not know my audit number" to complete additional authentication for an additional fee of $1.75 or you must visit a driver license office to get a new card.
No. Name changes must be done in person at a driver license office.
Yes. The picture on your new driver license or ID card will stay the same. If you want a new picture, you must go to a driver license office to renew.
Yes. When you complete a driver license renewal, replacement or address change, you will print the receipt and use it as a temporary driver license (valid for 60 days). You may also choose to receive the temporary driver license or ID by email, but you must print it in order for it to be a valid document. You should keep the temporary license with your old card until the new one arrives.
ID cards must be renewed every 6 years. Driver licenses must be renewed every 8 years for anyone between the ages 18 and 84.
Log in by entering your
You may be eligible to
Optional Items
Affirmations
Review order information, make changes if necessary, and submit payment information.
Your new driver license or ID card will be mailed to you in two to three weeks. If you renewed, replaced or changed the address for a driver license, you need to print your temporary driver license (valid for 60 days) from the receipt page. You may also choose to receive the temporary driver license or ID by email, but you must print it in order for it to be a valid document.
At the end of a successful transaction, you will be able to view and change your emergency contacts for no additional fee.
Texas law says you cannot have more than one valid driver license or ID card. After receiving your new driver license or ID, invalidate your old card by cutting it up.
Yes. You can change your home and mailing address when you renew.
Yes.
No. Your new driver license or ID card will retain the expiration date that is on your current driver license or ID card, unless you renew it.
Texas law says you cannot have more than one valid driver license or ID card. After receiving your new driver license or ID, invalidate your old card by cutting it up.
The change of emergency contacts system is a simple process. After logging into the website, all customers will be able to view and change the emergency contacts DPS has on file for no fee*. Once on the emergency contacts page, you can view and change the primary and secondary contacts DPS has on file. If you are eligible and you choose to renew, replace, or change the address of your driver license or ID card, you will be able to view and change your emergency contacts at the end of the transaction. You will have the ability to change contact information such as name, phone numbers, and address, and add or delete contacts. When adding or changing a contact, the following fields are required:
*When logging into the website, in lieu of providing your audit number, you may select the checkbox on the login page stating "I do not know my audit number" to complete additional authentication for an additional fee of $1.75. This fee applies regardless of what service you select.
If you are injured or die during a vehicle accident or another emergency situation, law enforcement officers will attempt to reach your emergency contacts to inform them.
Yes. At the end of a successful transaction, you will be able to view and change the emergency contacts DPS has on file for no fee.
Yes. After logging into the website, all customers will be able to view and change the emergency contacts DPS has on file for no fee*.
*When logging into the website, in lieu of providing your audit number, you may select the checkbox on the login page stating "I do not know my audit number" to complete additional authentication for an additional fee of $1.75. This fee applies regardless of what service you select.
No. You are able to view and change your emergency contacts as many times as you want.
No. There is no fee to view and change your emergency contacts. However, when logging into the website, in lieu of providing your audit number, you may select the checkbox on the login page stating "I do not know my audit number" to complete additional authentication for an additional fee of $1.75.
No. There is no fee to view and change your emergency contacts. However, when logging into the website, in lieu of providing your audit number, you may select the checkbox on the login page stating "I do not know my audit number" to complete additional authentication for an additional fee of $1.75.
It depends. If your driver license is still valid, you may continue to use it for non-federal purposes, such as operating a motor vehicle, voting, or banking. You will not be able to use it for federal identification purposes, such as boarding domestic flights or entering secure federal facilities, after October 1, 2021. However, if you have another REAL ID compliant card, like a valid U.S. passport, you can use that as your REAL ID.
No! You can check your eligibility to conduct an online transaction here: www.texas.gov/dlrenewal.
Notices are being sent out reminding customers that they can renew their DL or ID card up to two years in advance of expiration to provide customers with plenty of notice to receive a REAL ID compliant card by the October 1, 2021 deadline if they want one. However, if you have another REAL ID compliant card, like a valid U.S. passport, that can be used for air travel and entering federal facilities.
Yes! You are welcome to request a replacement DL or ID card on Texas.gov here: www.texas.gov/dlrenewal.
Maybe. Please feel free to view additional information on the Texas Department of Public Safety website here: http://www.dps.texas.gov/DriverLicense/federalRealIdAct.htm.
The Texas.gov price is:
There is no extra cost to change your address if you change your address with a renewal.
If you replace or change your address without renewing your card, the Texas.gov price is $11.00.
There is no extra cost to change your address if you change your address at the same time as renewing. In lieu of providing your audit number, there is an additional fee of $1.75
If you have your audit number, the renewal fee is the same for online, in-person and via telephone renewals. In lieu of providing your audit number, there is an additional fee of $1.75.
There is no additional fee for mail-in renewals (but you have to pay for postage).
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