• Home
  • News
    • Politics & Government
    • Business & Economy
    • Crime / Courts
    • Health / Medicine
  • Sports
    • High School Sports
    • Radio Iowa Poll
  • Affiliates
    • Affiliate Support Page
  • Contact Us
    • Reporters

Radio Iowa

Iowa's Radio News Network

You are here: Home / Politics / Govt / New driver’s license system begins today

New driver’s license system begins today

April 19, 2010 By Dar Danielson

The system for getting a new driver’s license changes today. All the rules for getting a license are the same, but Kim Snook of the D.O.T. says you’ll now no longer leave the D.O.T. or county treasurer’s office with a warm new driver’s license directly from the machine.

Instead, you’ll walk out with your current license with a hole punched in it and you’ll get a temporary driving document that’s good for 30 days. Your new license will be sent to you in the mail a few days later. Snook says the biggest reason for the change is to prevent identity fraud.

She says they started an image verification system last year, but they only did the verification after the person had left with the new license, and “the fraud we found with the system was significant.” Snook says the delay allows them to do Social Security, address and image verifications to be sure the license is going to the proper person. Snook says over 20 other states issue licenses this way.

Snook says Minnesota has been doing it for a long time, Texas and Oregon are big states that use this system. Nebraska started the system last July, and she says they visited there and got a lot of information on how it works. One of the biggest concerns Snook hears is that there’s a chance for theft of the new license if it’s sent in the mail.

She says she tries to explain that you get credit cards in the mail, if you want a passport, you have to send your certified birth certificate in the mail and the passport comes back through the mail. Snook says they’ve run internal tests and have found licenses come back as quickly as four days. There are 19 D.O.T. driver’s license stations, and 81 county treasurers offices where licenses are issued.

There’s more information explaining the changes on the D.O.T’s website.

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter

Filed Under: Politics / Govt Tagged With: Department of Transportation, Transportation

Featured Stories

Exhibit features lesser known works of Grant Wood

Testing finds 21 new CWD cases in deer

It may become a crime in Iowa to use fake urine in workplace drug tests

February trending 18 degrees below average temperature

Iowa House Education Committee votes to end tenure at UI, ISU, UNI

TwitterFacebook
Tweets by RadioIowa

Iowa’s Jack Nunge lost for the season

Key stretch begins for #9 Iowa

Drake’s Roman Penn lost for the season

Drake’s DeVries named to Naismith watch list

State wrestling opens with limited attendance

More Sports

eNews and Updates

Enter your email address:

Delivered by FeedBurner

Archives

Copyright © 2021 ยท Learfield News & Ag, LLC