The 2018 MVR Access and Decoder Digest Pennsylvania 607 ...

1 The 2018 MVR Access and Decoder Digest Pennsylvania 607. Pennsylvania Administration Important Telephone and Web Contacts Kara N. Templeton, Director Driver and Vehicle Services ..717-391-6190. Bureau of Driver Licensing Commercial Driver Department of Transportation General Number ..717-412-5300. Riverfront Office Center, 4th Floor State Department of Insurance ..717-787-2317. 1101 South Front Street State Harrisburg, PA 17104 Email contact list at: Vehicle Code - Title 75: Driver's License Format, Issuance, and Renewal License Classes, Restrictions, and Endorsements Appear Later in This Chapter indicates the type of license.

2 License Format Position of Photo: On the left side, inside the colored band. The format is eight numbers. There is no code in the sequential Minor Age Driver Locator: For driver under 21, cards are produced arrangement determining the digits making the license number. in a vertical format. Above the picture, the date the individual turns 18. Document Appearance is highlighted in yellow and the date they turn 21 is highlighted in red. The current version of the driver license has been in circulation since Drivers under 21 have a blue band, drivers under 18 have a green band. 07/31/2001, the current Temporary License/ID Card since 10/2007.

3 Occupational: The wording inside the red banner on the left side The "PA" in the Keystone appears in all licenses and ID Cards effective indicates Limited License. The Keystone in lower right corner 02/2008. At this time PA does not issue REAL ID compliant driver and indicates Occupational License. ID cards, but has a DBS extension until October, 2018. Probationary: The wording inside the red banner on the left side indicates Limited License. The Keystone in lower right corner Current Version (Phased in Starting 6/19/2017). The pilot deployment for the new products began on June 19, 2017 at indicates Probationary License.

4 The Harrisburg location. All Driver and Photo centers will transition to Ignition Interlock: The wording inside the red banner on the left side the new products by the end of October 2017. The new products will be indicates Limited License. The Keystone in lower right corner phased in over the next four-year renewal cycle and will replace indicates Ignition Interlock License. existing products. The new cards are not currently REAL ID-compliant CDL Indicator: COMMERCIAL DRIVERS LICENSE appears Security Characteristics: The cards look very different, but they also within blue band on left. have additional enhanced security features.

5 Some of the enhanced Note: Since October 2007, a Temporary License/ID Card is used to features include: new applicants. This card looks like the other products except the banner is gray, the word "Temporary" is printed in red across the Elimination of the magnetic strip on the back of the card license and the expiration date is outlined in red. In addition, the Larger primary portrait and smaller "ghost" portrait overlay on the front is changed to include "PA" in the Keystone. The 1D and 2D barcodes, which contain data visible on the front of temporary product is valid for 15 days and provides PennDOT time to the card ensure the individual's photograph does not match another photograph Laser perforation - the Keystone outline with PA is embedded in the database under a different driver name(s).

6 Into the card stock and can be observed by holding the card up to Registered Sex Offender Indicator: None any light source Laminate - Each card is laminated with an optically-variable Issuance pattern with the state motto, Virtue, Liberty, Independence, A list of list of acceptable documents for proof of identity and residency Keystone outline and 1787, the year when the for and Citizens, shown in 11 different languages, is at constitution was ratified by Pennsylvania . from a link at Position of Photo: On the left side, with a ghost image on the lower Licensing/ right corner. Age Requirements Further details were are not available at press time.

7 The minimum age is sixteen; eighteen for CDL. Below is information Older Version (7/31/2001 until late 2017) on various permits. This version of the driver license had been in circulation since Learner's Permit: Required; sixteen; mandatory six months on learner 07/31/2001, the Temporary License/ID Card since 10/2007. The "PA" permit before eligible to take skills test; certification of 65 hours in the Keystone appears in all licenses and ID Cards effective 02/2008. behind-the-wheel skill building prior to skills test; must have Security Characteristics: Features include a holographic overlay that parent/guardian consent and be accompanied by a licensed driver, displays the Keystone in the foreground and county names in the twenty-one or older, licensed in the same class; driving permitted only background.

8 The cards have a thick security coating or hologram, an between 5AM to 11PM. area to denote organ donors, and different colored bands to indicate Junior License: Sixteen and six months; must have passed all skills product type. Regular licenses have a blue colored band appearing on requirements of leaner's permit. For the first six months, a driver is not left side, ID cards have a yellow band, under 18 drivers have a green permitted to have more than one passenger under age 18 who is not an band. There is a red banner on all restricted license documents. In the immediate family member in the vehicle unless accompanied by a lower right corner of the license document is a visible box that parent or legal guardian.

9 If they have not been convicted of a driving 608 Pennsylvania The 2018 MVR Access and Decoder Digest violation or been partially or fully responsible for a reportable crash One must secure a PA license within sixty days of establishing after six months, they may have up to three passengers under age 18 residency. A knowledge test is not required for new residents with out- who are not immediate family members without a parent or legal of-state driver's licenses which are valid or expired six months or less. guardian present. If they have any convictions or are partially or fully responsible for a reportable crash while a junior driver, they are once Renewal again restricted to one passenger.

10 Licenses expire one day after the licensee's birthdate on fourth year;. Unrestricted License: Possible at seventeen and six months if crash drivers over age sixty-five have the option of two-year renewals. Driver and conviction free record for twelve months; completion of approved keeps same number when renewing. Non-commercial drivers driver's education course. may renew online, providing there are no corrections or changes. Go to Note: Occupational Limited Licenses can be issued under certain l. circumstances, except to drivers convicted of homicide by vehicle and If an out-of-state driver's license has been expired for more than six other serious traffic offenses in Chapter 37 Subchapter B, as well as all months, it cannot be transferred for a PA driver's license.