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2014 STATE DRIVER LICENSES
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Alabama | Current: UV ink of state's seal will appear on front plus state seal will overlap upper right corner of photo. |
Alaska | "Alaska" repeats on left and right edge of license and is visible under UV light. |
Arizona | Current: round state seal visible on front middle under UV light. |
Arkansas | Current and prior: state outline appears random in three rows across top, middle and bottom of license under UV light. |
California | Current license: under UV light a second ghost image will appear above the B&W portrait and birthdate will vertically appear across large color picture. Licenses prior October 2010: multicolor state flags appear (usually 3 can be seen) on lower front of ID. |
Colorado | Current: state seal appears and repeats in UV ink on lower third on front for licenses. |
Connecticut | Current license: license number, holder's name, birth date and two lighthouses visible on front in UV ink. On back repeating state name inside state outline visible under UV light. |
Delaware | Current fine line license: a second ghost image on right will appear under UV. Prior license: holographic overlay with repeating pattern of horse and rider; state seal in UV ink on back. |
District of Columbia | Security overlay with "WASHINGTON DC" and "THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE" visible under UV light. |
Florida | Current license: secondary ghost image and holder's name visible under UV. |
Georgia | Current (fine line background): front state seal and "Georgia" that glows under UV light. Prior to 2009 IDs contain no UV security features. |
Hawaii | Current: a row of Hibiscus flower repeats ON BACK of license. Prior 2011 ID has "HAWAII" repeating across left and right edges of license visible under UV light. |
Idaho | Current (fine line background): a partial state outline and IDAHO will appear twice under UV light. Prior to 2012 a pattern of state outline and IDAHO will repeat diagonally under UV light. |
Illinois | Current license with small ghost image: a portion of "ILLINOIS" repeats across the face of the license under UV light. Prior license: "A Safer State with .08" repeats across license. |
Indiana | Current license: a second ghost image, holder's name, birth date across top and bottom of larger photo visible under UV light. Prior IDs show a pattern of torch and stars. |
Iowa | Current license: state seal visible under UV on front of ID, back of license ghost UV image, card holder name, birthdate appear under UV light. Prior license: state name repeats in UV ink, with final last "IOWA" preceded by two stars. |
Kansas | Current (fine line) ID will display one state flower on front and card holder ghost image and birthdate appear on back under UV light. Prior license has row of state flower and "KANSAS" across top under UV. |
Kentucky | Repeating "THE BLUE GRASS STATE" to the right of the card holder's picture under UV light. |
Louisiana | Current license: state seals repeat across middle in full–color UV ink visible under UV light. |
Maryland | Current license: staggered lines of "Maryland" repeat across the face under UV. |
Massachusetts | Current fine–line background license: state seal repeating in UV ink with a perforated state outline overlapping top of ghost image. |
Michigan | Current license: one state seal in center on front, on back holder's birth date and ghost image under UV light. Current Enhanced license: state seals repeat on front under UV light. |
Minnesota | Current license: large color state seal appears on front under UV light. |
Mississippi | Current license: state seal and outline letters "DPS" appear under UV light. |
Missouri | Current license fine line license: "MO", three stars and state seal in upper right under UV. Prior 2012 license: outline of state and "SHOW ME" repeat on front of license under UV. |
Montana | Current license: repeating pick and shovel crossed image on front under UV light. br> Prior license: "MONTANA" repeats diagonally across front under UV light. |
Nebraska | Current fine line license: "Ne" under Nebraska appears under UV light as well as the state seal and a star on bottom right of photo. Prior license: variable pattern of state name and seal appear under UV light. |
Nevada | Current fine line background license: under UV light additional repeating state seals appear on upper front of license. Prior license (2008): no UV features. |
New Hampshire | Current license: "New Hampshire" appears twice vertically at left and right under UV. Prior license gold "New Hampshire" in same heading style repeats on front and visible under UV. |
New Jersey | Current license: under UV light "NEW JERSEY" repeats on top and near bottom of license with state outline images appearing in middle. Prior license: driver's name and date of birth appear in bottom half of large photo appears under UV light. |
New Mexico | Current license: "NEW" and "MEXICO" repeat diagonally across the center, a row of small squares are visible on bottom and three diamonds appear across top of license. Prior license will either have state name and symbol on back or state outline on back under UV light. |
New York | Current license: front of ID, under UV light stars will appear at bottom of larger picture and also NY state outline appears near top with "NYS" written inside of outline. Back of ID, waving flag stripes appear in middle of ID under UV light. Prior license: two coat of arms will appear under UV light, one in center and a smaller second image across top of photo. Also "NY" repeats in rows across the back under UV light. |
Ohio | Current fine line background license: state outline in upper right photo appears and state seal on bottom right fluoresces on front under UV light. Prior license has no UV features. |
Oklahoma | Current license: state seal and the Dept. of Public Safety seal repeating pattern across front of license under UV light. |
Oregon | "Oregon" is diagonally repeated on front of license and is also visible under UV light. |
Pennsylvania | Current license: has keystone outline with enclosing "PA" repeating across top and visible under UV light; also "PA" repeats on back in UV. |
Rhode Island | Current license: state flag emblem (anchor surrounded by stars) visible under UV light. |
South Carolina | Current fine line background: Palmetto tree appears on front center under UV light. br> Prior license has no visible UV features. |
South Dakota | Current license: a second ghost image on right and "South Dakota" appears three times starting lower left across photo in a wave pattern to the upper right of ID under UV light. Prior license: "South Dakota" repeats in stylized script across front of license under UV. |
Tennessee | UV features (a custom graphic and the state outline are staggered diagonally across the upper half of the ID and the state seal appears twice across the bottom) were added to a new ID in 2013. The new ID looks similar to the prior ID, however, the text is a light blue. The prior ID (with a darker blue font) has no visible UV features. |
Texas | Current license: the seal and the first of the three stars on front will fluoresce under UV light, on back ghost image and birth date visible under UV light. Prior license: repeating "TEXAS" will be visible under UV light. |
Utah | Current fine line background license has "UT" repeating in two rows across license under UV light, the top row will be upside down. |
Vermont | Current license: "Vermont" appears and repeats diagonally across top and horizontally across bottom front of license under UV light. |
Virginia | Current license: state seal, DMV logo and text visible under UV light. br> Prior license to 2009 has no UV features. |
Washington | Current: image of state seal repeats across middle license visible under UV light. |
West Virginia | Current license: "West Virginia" and state seal appear on back of license under UV light. br> Prior license: under UV light on front state outline with yellow overlapping "WV" repeats across front, state seal overlaps photo at bottom. |
Wisconsin | Current fine line license: on front state seal appears covering upper right corner of large portrait with "W" underneath and "1848" vertically on upper right corner under UV light. Prior IDs: wavy stripes visible under UV light with one wavy line with "Wisconsin" in the middle. Prior license has "WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION" under UV light. |
Wyoming | Current license: under UV light a second ghost image, holder's name and birthday will appear on front and on back Bucking Horse, liberty bell and state motto becomes visible. Prior license: repeating pattern of "Wyoming" appears under UV light on front of license. |