Adult License
The new format retains the bucking horse and script Wyoming logos on the front of the card, and adds the state flag and a background photo of the Tetons. The back of the cards will continue to carry a scannable barcode for all the information from the front of the card.
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License for Minors
Licenses and ID cards issued to minors will retain the vertical format that is easy to distinguish from the traditional horizontal format used for adults. Minors’ cards also will include the dates when the cardholder will turn 18 and 21 years of age.
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New look for Wyoming drivers licenses
by Wyoming Department of Transportation
August 25, 2010
Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT) will begin issuing driver licenses, identification cards and concealed weapons permits with a new look and additional security features beginning Aug. 31 in the Cheyenne area, and throughout the rest of the state by the end of September.
The new format retains the bucking horse and script Wyoming logos on the front of the card, and adds the state flag and a background photo of the Tetons. The back of the cards will continue to carry a scannable barcode for all the information from the front of the card.
A ghost image of the cardholder’s photo will continue to appear in a second area of the card. Other new security features will not be readily visible to the cardholder.
Licenses and ID cards issued to minors will retain the vertical format that is easy to distinguish from the traditional horizontal format used for adults. Minors’ cards also will include the dates when the cardholder will turn 18 and 21 years of age.
WYDOT Driver Services will roll out the new format in phases beginning in Cheyenne and followed by Torrington on Sept. 1 and Wheatland on Sept. 8. The rollout will continue moving to the west and north until all Driver Services offices are on the system by the end of the September.
"Once the new system is in operation, anyone getting a new license or renewing an existing license will get the new format," WYDOT Driver Services Manager Don Edington said. "There is no need to come in for a new license before your existing license has expired."
In addition to the new security features on the cards themselves, there will be improved security in the production of the new cards. They will be printed by Marquis ID Systems at a secure facility in Fort Wayne, Ind., saving WYDOT the expense of creating its own secure facility.
The change is not expected to increase the projected mail delivery time of about 10 business days for the new cards to reach the cardholder’s home.
The new cards will be more expensive to produce, but the fees for them will remain the same: $20 for a new license and $15 for a renewal, $25 for a commercial license and $20 for a renewal; and $10 for a photo ID.
As part of the effort to upgrade security, WYDOT personnel who check documentation required for getting a license or who have access to the license database have completed background checks by the state Division of Criminal Investigation and the FBI, and fraud training to help them recognize counterfeit birth certificates, passports or other identification documents.
The new licenses and ID cards will meet federal Transportation Security Administration requirements for boarding commercial aircraft at the nation’s airports scheduled to go into effect in 2014 for those born after Dec. 1, 1964 and in 2017 for those born before December 1, 1964.
WYDOT issues about 180,000 driver licenses and ID cards a year.
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