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New Mexico Driver's
License and Identification Card Examples
Revised May 5, 2008
IDNM - New Licenses and IDs issued beginning
April, 2008
New Mexico's new drivers' licenses
(DLs) and identification cards (IDs) are being introduced in a
regionally phased implementation, beginning in April and scheduled for
completion in June, 2008.
The new cards are centrally issued at a
single, secure manufacturing facility, then mailed to the cardholder,
who will generally receive the new DL or ID 7-10 days after the date of
application.
At time of application at a New Mexico
Motor Vehicle Division (MVD) field office, the customer receives a
temporary/extension card and is advised to carry his or her prior card
(which is returned to the customer with a hole punched in it) with the
temporary/extension document as back-up identification.
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The new IDNM
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As with earlier
license and ID series, customers who are under 21 years of age
when the DL or ID card is issued receive a vertically formatted
card. Here is an example of the new IDNM under-21 card.
The back of the
under-21 card has the same appearance and horizontal format as
the adult card. |
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Back of the new
IDNM license: |
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| EDL - Licenses and IDs
issued between December 2001 and June 2008 and remaining in
circulation until June or July, 2016
New Mexico's prior
("Enhanced Driver License" or "EDL") series of drivers'
licenses (DLs) and identification cards (IDs) were issued
beginning in December, 2001, and will continue to be issued
until implementation of the new IDNM series is complete in
June, 2008. Because many DLs are issued for eight years, and
expire 30 days after the cardholder's birthday, EDL-series
licenses and IDs may remain in circulation until June or
July, 2016.
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Here
are samples of the adult (horizontal) and under-21
(vertical format) EDL licenses: |
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Pre-EDL Licenses and IDs remaining in circulation until December, 2010
Some pre-EDL licenses and IDs remain in
circulation. The last pre-EDL cards will expire in December, 2010.
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Here are samples
of the adult (horizontal) and under-21 (vertical format) pre-EDL
licenses: |
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