The 2018 MVR Access and Decoder Digest New York

1 The 2018 MVR Access and Decoder Digest New York 525. New York Administration Important Telephone and Web Contacts Office of the Commissioner Call Center (Upstate)..518-486-9786. Department of Motor Vehicles Call Center (Downstate) ..718-477-4820. 6 ESP, Swan Street, Albany NY 12228 Driver Financial Responsibility ..518-474-0700. Request Driving Record ..518-486-9786. Administrative Codes, Rules and Regulations: Commercial Driver License Policy Unit ..518-473-9975. State Department of Financial Services - Consumer Hotline State Laws and Regulations.

2 518-474-6600, NY only 800-342-3736. : State Driver's License Format, Issuance, and Renewal License Classes, Restrictions, and Endorsements Appear Later in This Chapter applicants who can prove citizenship and NYS residency. An License Format EDL or ENDID can be used instead of a passport for travel by land New York assigns randomly selected nine-digit numeric Client and sea between the United States and Canada, Mexico and some Identification Numbers to all driver licenses and non-driver ID cards. countries in the Caribbean.

3 Features of an EDL/ENDID include Document Appearance Enhanced in white text within a red-orange bar, the flag at New York is not yet Real ID compliant, but has received an extension the lower right and a 2D barcode and machine readable zone on the until October 10, 2018 from REAL ID enforcement. back. License is made from Teslin, a thick, durable material. Position of Photo: Left. The current license format has been issued since July 2013. It will take Minor Age Driver Locator: All documents issued to individuals at least eight years for the new format to replace the old.

4 An Enhanced under the age of 21 have under 21 printed vertically in red to the License (EDL) is a permit, or non-driver ID, document that one can use right of the photo. Client ID, DOB and expiration date are also instead of a passport to return to the US by land or sea from Canada, printed in red. Mexico and some countries in the Caribbean. In 2008 the DMV began CDL Indicator: Commercial Driver License printed in brown issuing the WHTI-Compliant Enhanced Driver Licenses and non-driver above client ID.

5 Expiration date printed in red. All other pertinent photo IDs. information is in black. Color Indicators: Color coding of the title line located underneath Current Format NEW YORK STATE distinguishes the document type: driver Security Characteristics: Current document is made of license - blue; restricted use - purple; conditional - purple; learner polycarbonate. A two-dimensional barcode is on the back of the permit - green; commercial - brown; identification card - gold. document that verifies information contained on the front of the Registered Sex Offender Indicator: None document.

6 The photo and personal data are laser engraved into the document. The new document contains a tactile Client Issuance Identification Number, Date of Birth, Date of Expiration and The DMV list of acceptable proofs of identity and DOB is viewable at Signature. The cardholder images are in gray scale because they are The laser engraved. There is also a windowed ghost image of DMV issues WHTI-Compliant Enhanced driver licenses (EDL) and cardholder in lower right corner. Enhanced photo ID cards (ENDID) to applicants who can prove Position of Photo: Left.

7 Citizenship and NYS residency. Minor Age Driver Locator: With this new design, New York began Age Requirements issuing vertical under 21 documents. The documents also contain The minimum age for a Class A commercial driver license is 21. The dates indicating when the person is Under 18 Until' and Under 21 minimum age for a Class B or C license is 18; however, drivers are Until'. limited to driving in NYS only and may not transport hazardous CDL Indicator: Commercial License laser engraved in black materials or operate a school bus until they reach age 21.

8 The minimum under New York State. age is 18 for an unrestricted (non-commercial) driver license, or 17 with Registered Sex Offender Indicator: None a driver education certificate. Old Format (2005 to September 2013) Since September 1, 2003 a graduated licensing program is offered with Security Characteristics: A two-dimensional barcode is on the back three levels of permits for youthful drivers. Major changes were made of the document that verifies information contained on the front of to the program in February 2010.

9 For example, an intermediate step the document. Prismatic or "rainbow" printing and duplex patterns between the Learner Permit and a "full" Junior License was eliminated. within the design and fine line structures enhance the security A Junior Permit must be held for at least 6 months before a Junior or features. An "optical variable device" (OVD) consisting of a wave Senior license may be issued. There are a number of restrictions placed line is imbedded within the laminate to prevent forgery. The wavy on these levels, including regional restrictions in the New York City line, a feature unique to New York State, appears to float above the Boroughs, Long Island (Nassau and Suffolk), and separate restrictions surface of the license.

10 For Upstate New York counties. For details of these restrictions, visit On September 16, 2008, NYS began issuing WHTI-Compliant Enhanced driver licenses (EDL) (includes Enhanced learner Residency permits) and Enhanced non-driver photo ID cards (ENDID) to While a non-resident's home-state license honored, one must secure 526 New York The 2018 MVR Access and Decoder Digest New York License within thirty days of establishing residency. Those Enhanced Driver License (EDL) upon renewal; and licenses that are under sixteen with an out-of-state license are not permitted to drive valid without photo.