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Verify New York driver's licenses

Capture a New York license front and back and idcheck.now decodes the AAMVA PDF417 barcode, validates the 9 digits, 1 letter + 7 digits, or 1 letter + 18 digits license number, and cross-checks every encoded field against the printed card.

AAMVA v01–v12
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What we check

Every layer we run on a New York license

These checks run on every New York verification — no per-feature upsell on the core flow.

  • AAMVA PDF417 decode

    Full CDS v01–v12 parse of the New York barcode — decoded live in the browser and again independently server-side. Any mismatch is a tamper signal.

  • Mandatory-field enforcement

    DCS, DAC, DBB, DBA, DAQ, and address elements must be present and well-formed per the AAMVA CDS.

  • License-number format validation

    The barcode's DAQ license number is validated against the New York pattern: 9 digits, 1 letter + 7 digits, or 1 letter + 18 digits.

  • Barcode ↔ OCR cross-check

    Encoded fields are compared against the printed visual zone — name, DOB, expiry, and license number must agree.

  • Expiry & age validation

    DBA (expiration) is enforced against the validity window; DBB (birth date) drives per-session age thresholds.

  • Issuing-authority IIN check

    The issuer identification number in the barcode header is checked against New York's AAMVA issuer record.

License-number format

The New York license-number format

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

The barcode's DAQ element carries the license number. idcheck.now validates it against the published New York pattern as a plausibility signal — formats drift over time and legacy cards remain in circulation, so a format miss is a warning fed into the composite score, not an automatic decline.

Inside the barcode

What the New York PDF417 barcode tells us

A sample of the AAMVA CDS elements decoded from every New York barcode, and what each one feeds into.

ElementMeaningHow idcheck.now uses it
DAQ Customer ID / license number The license number itself — validated against the state format and, for FL/IL/WI/MO, recomputed from the holder's identity.
DCS Customer family name Mandatory. Soundex-encoded into the license number in FL/IL/WI; cross-checked against the printed card everywhere.
DAC Customer first name Mandatory. Mapped to a first-name code (Gallian table) inside FL/IL/WI license numbers.
DBB Date of birth Mandatory. Encoded into the FL/IL/WI day-code segment and the Missouri trailing digits; drives age checks.
DBA Document expiration date Mandatory. Enforced against the document validity window on every verification.
State DMV verification

AAMVA DLDV for New York

DLDV — confirm availability

New York is not currently listed among the widely-known AAMVA DLDV participating jurisdictions. The live DMV verification add-on may therefore be unavailable for New York licenses — every other check on this page runs regardless, and most states do participate, so confirm status at integration time.

FAQ

New York verification questions

What format is a New York driver's license number?

New York driver's license numbers are 9 digits, 1 letter + 7 digits, or 1 letter + 18 digits. idcheck.now validates the barcode's DAQ field against this pattern on every verification; older card layouts still in circulation are handled as plausibility warnings rather than hard failures.

Can idcheck.now verify a New York license directly with the DMV?

New York is not currently listed as a participant in AAMVA's DLDV program, so the live DMV lookup add-on may not be available for this jurisdiction. All other layers — PDF417 forensics, format validation, barcode↔OCR cross-checks, face match, liveness, and OFAC screening — run on every verification regardless. Confirm DLDV status at integration time, as participation changes.

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