1Connecticut, Kansas, Kentucky, and Oklahoma authorize alternative means of renewal but no programs are yet in place.
2Beginning Jan. 1, 2014, and continuing through Dec. 31, 2018, Iowa will transition from a standard five-year license term to an eight-year license term. During this time, Iowa driver's licenses will be issued with a randomly assigned expiration date between five and eight years.
3In Kentucky, in order to accommodate the transition from a four year licensing schedule to an eight year licensing schedule, the Transportation Cabinet may renew operator's licenses with terms of both four and eight years until January 2023.
4In Louisiana, a person age 70 and older can renew by mail or online if he or she is medically diagnosed with a disability that precludes that driver from renewing in person and he or she submits a sworn affidavit by a physician certifying that the person possesses all cognitive functions reasonably necessary to be a prudent driver.
5N.J. Stat. § 39:3-10c states, "The division shall require every licensed driver to take and successfully pass a screening of his vision at least once every 10 years as a condition for the renewal of his driver's license and of any endorsement thereon."
6N.J. Stat. § 39:3-10f states that a stored picture can be used, but only for a period not exceeding four additional years.
7In Tennessee, the commissioner may issue an initial license or renew a license that shall remain valid for 3 to 8 years in order to transition from the five-year to the eight-year license.
823 V.S.A. § 610 states that a driver is required to update a driver’s license that has a photo or “imaged likeness” in person “no less often than once every eight years”.
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