50 states + DC · AAMVA CDS v01–v12

US driver's license verification — every state, decoded

idcheck.now decodes the AAMVA PDF417 barcode on licenses from all 50 states and DC, validates each state's license-number format, recomputes derived numbers for Florida, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Missouri, and offers live DMV verification (AAMVA DLDV) for participating jurisdictions.

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Per-state format data, validation layers, and DLDV status.

Alabama

1–8 digits

Alaska

1–7 digits

Arizona

1 letter + 8 digits, or 9 digits

Arkansas

9 digits

California

1 letter + 7 digits

Colorado

9 digits, 1 letter + 3–6 digits, or 2 letters + 2–5 digits

Connecticut

9 digits

Delaware

1–7 digits

District of Columbia

7 or 9 digits

Florida

1 letter + 12 digits

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Georgia

7–9 digits

Hawaii

1 letter + 8 digits, or 9 digits

Idaho

2 letters + 6 digits + 1 letter, or 9 digits

Illinois

1 letter + 11–12 digits (state ID: digits first, letter last)

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Indiana

10 digits, or 1 letter + 9 digits

Iowa

9 digits, or 3 letters + 6 digits

Kansas

1 letter + 8 digits, or 9 digits

Kentucky

1 letter + 8 digits, or 9 digits

Louisiana

1–9 digits

Maine

7 digits with an optional trailing letter, or 8 digits

Maryland

1 letter + 12 digits

Massachusetts

1 letter + 8 digits, or 9 digits

Michigan

1 letter + 10–12 digits

Minnesota

1 letter + 12 digits

Mississippi

9 digits

Missouri

optional letter + 5–9 digits + optional letter (several legacy layouts in circulation)

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Montana

13 digits, 9 digits, or 1 letter + 8 digits

Nebraska

1 letter + 3–8 digits

Nevada

9–12 digits, or X + 8 digits

New Hampshire

2 digits + 3 letters + 5 digits

New Jersey

1 letter + 14 digits

New Mexico

8–9 digits

New York

9 digits, 1 letter + 7 digits, or 1 letter + 18 digits

North Carolina

1–12 digits

North Dakota

3 letters + 6 digits, or 9 digits

Ohio

1 letter + 8 digits, 2 letters + 6 digits, or 8 digits

Oklahoma

1 letter + 9 digits, or 9 digits

Oregon

1–9 digits, or 1 letter + 1–7 digits

Pennsylvania

8 digits

Rhode Island

7 digits, or 1 letter + 6 digits

South Carolina

5–11 digits

South Dakota

6–10 digits, or 12 digits

Tennessee

7–9 digits

Texas

7–8 digits

Utah

4–10 digits

Vermont

8 digits, or 7 digits + A

Virginia

1 letter + 8–11 digits, or 9 digits

Washington

5–12 alphanumeric characters (may include *)

West Virginia

7 digits, or 1–2 letters + 5–6 digits

Wisconsin

1 letter + 13 digits

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Wyoming

9–10 digits

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