✅ Updated May 2022
Everything you need to know about your California Driver License Renewal

Wondering what yous demand and how yous can renew your California Driver'due south License? Read on!

Hither are some bones facts on your commuter's license:

  • Your California driver's license expires every v years on your altogether(or until the date you're legally authorized to stay in USA )
  • To exist eligible to renew your license, it must expire within 60 days or already exist expired - the California DMV will post you a renewal notice ii months earlier the expiration
  • You tin can renew your license online even if it is expired
  • Y'all can renew your driver'south license online, in-person or by mail depending on the status of your driver'south license (valid, expired, lost) and your historic period - each renewal procedure is outlined below

How do you renew your California driver's license online?

You lot are eligible for online renewal if you:

  • Are not irresolute your address
  • Are not on driving suspension or probation
  • Have a driver'south license from only i country
  • Have not violated a written promise to announced in courtroom in the last 2 years
  • Your last two consecutive renewals were not past mail
  • Exercise not demand to take the written test
  • Are not a senior driver (70 years old or older)

Important Note:To board a domestic flight in  October 2022 y'all volition need a federally complaint ID, such every bit a Real ID driver's license. An in-person DMV visit is required for this. To renew to encounter Federal Existent ID compliance standards make a DMV appointment here.

How practice you renew your California driver'southward license in person?

Y'all must renew in person if you are 70 years quondam or older, your license volition expire in more than than 60 days, your last 2 renewals were not completed in person, or you need to take a written exam.

To renew in person:

  • Consummate your Driver's License application:  (to save time, practise information technology ahead of time online!)
  • Schedule a DMV appointment  (select renew driver'southward license option)
  • Bring your required documents to your engagement. For US citizens, these include:
    • Identification documents and proof of legal presence: California land ID
    • SSN
    • 2 proofs of California residency - mortgage or utility bills (including phone bills), rental or lease agreement, bank statements
    • (If applicable) Legal documents stating name change
    • $36 renewal fee in cash or debit

How practice you renew your California driver's license by mail service?

You are eligible for mail service renewal if:

  • Your license is expiring within sixty days
  • Are not on driving probation or suspension
  • Did not renew your last two times by postal service
  • Y'all take a DL in only i state
  • Are non renewing a CDL (*all CDL holders must renew in person)
  • Are not applying for a Existent ID
  • Have not violated a hope to announced in court in the last 2 years
  • Do not need to take the written test
  • Are not a senior commuter (seventy years quondam or older)

To renew your license by mail:

  • Consummate the renewal observe that the California DMV will postal service you around 60 days before your license expires or; DL 410 FO: California Driver License Renewal Past Mail Eligibility Information class
  • Set a $36 renewal fee cheque and write your license number on the dorsum
  • Mail your renewal notice or FL 410 FO and the check to:
    • Department of Motor Vehicles
      ATTN: Renewal By Mail Unit
      P.O. Box 942890
      Sacramento, CA 94290

What if my California commuter's license is expired, suspended, or lost?

  • For an expired license, you tin even so renew online, in person, or by mail. There are no belatedly fees. Remember, it is illegal for you to bulldoze until your license is renewed.  As well, if you're a commercial driver and your CDL has been expired over two (2) years, you'll demand to take the road skills examination again.
  • For a suspended driver's license, you lot'll need to become your driving privileges back earlier you can renew. Y'all can find out more data here.
  • For a lost or stolen driver's license, first, click here to report your missing ID to the CA DMV via their email address. If yous're lost, stolen, or damaged carte du jour is upward for renewal, y'all can use the to a higher place methods to renew it.

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