Drivers license sample number

This is the easiest information to pick out of a WDL, and is often used to spot fakes. The example Y-Y code is DDD - Month and day of birth and gender This portion encodes the month and day you were born on. Illinois uses Wisconsin and Florida both use In Illinois men use 0, women use In Wisconsin and Florida men use 0, women use If the result is less than , add zeroes to the left side to make it 3 digits.

So, January 1st is encoded as "" for men in Illinois. Assuming we're looking at an Illinois license number, because that's less than , we know Mr. Fakename is male. His name is probably William and not Wilma. We can subtract 93 from that, which is 31 three times.

So three months into the year, April. That leaves 1 left, which is the day. Fakename was born on April 1, Overflow Looking at this, may become clear that it is possible for two people with similar names to get the exact same driver's license number.

For example, if "Joshua William Smith" and "Jack Wayne Snoddy" were born on the same day, they'll get the same Illinois drive's license number. This is solved with "overflow" numbers, a simple sequential number can be appended to each duplicate number to resolve the confusion. Wisconsin prints a two digit overflow number on your license. As a result, the last two digits of your Wisconsin license number represent the number of people who had the same license number as you ignoring the last two digits , when you got your license.

Illinois may have overflow digits, but if they do the information is not on your driver's license. This means that if Joshua William Smith is wanted by police and his driver's license number is flagged as such, Jack Wayne Snoddy may be briefly detained while the police check their records to sort out the shared number.

I have been told that Illinois state databases actually include a two or three digit number to distinguish between different people with the same license. One correspondent told me that their friend was pulled over for a minor traffic violation and was arrested as someone else. He sat in the police car for a while while they sorted it out.

He and the other person had the exact same number; the other guy was a wanted man, but my correspondent's friend did not. Florida prints a single digit overflow number on your license. As a result, the last digit of your Florida license number represent the number of people who had the same license number as you ignoring the last two digits , when you got your license.

Urban Legends about Florida's Last Digit There are number of urban legends about Florida driver's license overflow numbers. The legends claim that the number represents the number of times you've been arrested for drunk driving DUI, DWI, etc , the number of times you've convicted for drunk driving, the number of times you've been convicted of a felony, that it encodes driving restrictions 0 means no restrictions, 1 means corrective eyewear is required , or that it encodes gender.

I don't believe it. First, why bother? Who needs to know this information? Not a cop arresting you; they'll arrest a drunk driver no matter what. Prior convictions only matter when you're in front of a judge, and the judge has access to the database. Unless Florida does something particularly weird, driving restrictions are in most states clearly printed elsewhere, and the cop is going to run your license anyway and will learn any restrictions that way. You'll need to enter personal information such as your date of birth, the last four digits of your Social Security number, the driver's license number and an 'audit number' the DPS printed on your license.

You'll also have to pay a fee. The DPS lets you print out a receipt that will serve as a temporary license, and which you can use until the new license arrives in the mail. Individuals under 18 or over 78, non-citizens living temporarily in the state, or those holding a provisional license must renew in person at a DPS office. You'll need to bring your old license, complete an Application for Renewal, have a new picture taken and pay a fee.

Other documents proving legal residence may be required of non-citizens. The DPS may require a vision test as well as a written or road test. A successful application wins you a receipt that serves as a temporary license until the new one arrives in the mail.

Texas issues 'limited-term' or temporary licenses to anyone who is not a citizen, legal resident, U. These individuals must apply in person for the license and provide documents establishing their identity as well as their lawful presence in the state.

After verifying the documents, the DPS will conduct vision and driving tests and issue the limited-term license that expires along with the visitor's legal status. If there is no definite expiration of legal status, the limited-term license is good for a year.