Florida driver license, ID card numbers to add random figures

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New random numbers added to driver licenses and ID cards part of security concerns.

Driver license and identification card numbers will be changing for Floridians as the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV) will incorporate random numbers into those identifying sequences.

The process for applying for driver licenses and getting renewals of licenses and state-approved ID cards will remain the same but the corresponding numbers will see revisions. Even existing driver license numbers and ID cards will undergo the changes upon renewal.

The FLHSMV will now introduce four randomly-generated numbers into each identification numbers for driver licenses and ID cards.

“While the license or identification card format will remain the same, a different formula utilizing randomization will now be used to determine the driver license numbers assigned to a customer. Customers renewing or replacing their license or identification cards in person or online will be issued a new number. Those applying for a first-time license or identification card will be issued a card that meets the new statutory requirements,” beginning July 31, a FLHSMV news release said.

The introduction of randomly-generated numbers is a statute approved by the Florida Legislature to enhance security measures and prevent fraud by identity theft of those identifying numbers.

As a reminder, FLHSMV offers tips to renew your driver license or ID card online at MyDMV Portal if eligible. Customers must go into an office:

— If a customer used the online convenience service on their last renewal.

— If a customer is not REAL ID compliant.

— If a customer wishes to update their photo.

— If the customer changes their name using an original or certified court order or marriage certificate.

— If a customer wishes to add or remove a designation or has a court order to update their credential.

— If a customer is getting a Florida driver license or ID card for the first time.

— If the customer holds a commercial driver license.

— If the license has the word “TEMPORARY” printed on it.

Please visit our ‘What to Bring’ page for information regarding what to bring to renew or replace a credential.

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6 comments

sundance
July 21, 2024 at 10:13 am

Your still on the internet. And your still being sold like commodity.
Elvis Pitts [FKA Earl] Pitts American
July 21, 2024 at 10:22 am

Good Morn ‘Ting America,
This is pure genius by Ron DeSantis and his Lovely wife Casey.
When the left realized the new will totally prevent 100% of voter fraud they will start squeeling like stuck pigs.
Thank you America,
Elvis Pitts American
Demo Comedy Show
July 21, 2024 at 12:28 pm

Demos don’t want ID. Demos don’t want borders. Demos don’t want police.
- MarvinM
  July 23, 2024 at 7:09 pm
  
  Stop with the garbage. I’m a democrat and I want ID, borders and police. I might have disagreements with you about how all those things actually should work in our society, but to say we don’t “want” them is a flat out lie. So please stop spreading lies.
  Regarding the topic of the article, I have serious doubts that this will protect more people than it will infuriate or grossly inconvenience.
  I don’t trust the State to have thought about all the things that this change will impact, nor do I have any confidence the State has (or will in the future) come up with plans to deal with all the confusion that this will absolutely cause.
  I’ll leave it at that for now.
  - Paul Passarelli
    July 24, 2024 at 12:04 am
    
    you wrote: “I don’t trust the State …”
    Finally! Five words we can agree on.
    
    But then you went on into word salad. You said that the accusations are garbage, but they’re not. For the most part: 1) Dems want ID for gun owners, but not for voters. They also want to know who is getting free lunch, free phones, or passing out pamphlets that go against the New World Order.
    2) Dems want borders, but mostly to exclude the poor from their gated communities, and to isolate the various groups their politicians have lied to, You know to prevent the Useful Idiots from comparing notes, or matching litmus tests.
    3) Dems are quick to call for defunding the police, yet somehow expect that LEOs will snap to their protection. You might disagree on the specifics, but most Dems are figuratively brain dead when asked about the specifics. They are so indoctrinated that they cannot even identify the cognitive dissonances in the talking points they parrot.
    
    I’n sure you want to leave it at that, but someone has to call you out for not making any sense.
The devil
July 22, 2024 at 11:40 am

F*&k