Florida Statutes

Fla. Stat. § 322.034 (2025)

Legal status designation on state-issued driver licenses and identification cards.

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322.034 Legal status designation on state-issued driver licenses and identification cards.—
(1) By July 1, 2027, a Florida driver license or Florida identification card issued to a qualified applicant who is a United States citizen as last recorded in the system must include his or her legal citizenship status at the time of new issuance, renewal, or replacement.
(2) Notwithstanding any other law, the department must, at no charge, issue a renewal or replacement driver license or identification card if a licensee or cardholder timely updates his or her legal status upon becoming a citizen of the United States as required in s. 322.19.
History.—s. 29, ch. 2026-26.

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