Driver License Formats
US State Driver License Formats
The Date of Birth (DOB) format on US driver licenses is MM/DD/YYYY or MM-DD-YYYY.
US DL format information was obtained from the National Traffic Safety Institute
Alabama
- 1-8 Numeric
Alaska
- 1-7 Numeric
Arizona
- 1 Alpha + 8 Numeric
- 9 Numeric
Arkansas
- 4-9 Numeric
California
- 1 Alpha + 7 Numeric
Colorado
- 9 Numeric
- 1 Alpha + 3-6 Numeric
- 2 Alpha + 2-5 Numeric
Connecticut
- 9 Numeric
Delaware
- 1-7 Numeric
District of Columbia
- 7 Numeric
- 9 Numeric
Florida
- 1 Alpha + 12 Numeric
Georgia
- 7-9 Numeric
Hawaii
- 1 Alpha + 8 Numeric
- 9 Numeric
Idaho
- 2 Alpha + 6 Numeric + 1 Alpha
- 9 Numeric
Illinois
- 1 Alpha + 11-12 Numeric
Indiana
- 1 Alpha + 9 Numeric
- 9-10 Numeric
Iowa
- 9 Numeric
- 3 Numeric + 2 Alpha + 4 Numeric
Kansas
- 1 Alpha + 1 Numeric + 1 Alpha + 1 Numeric + 1 Alpha
- 1 Alpha + 8Numeric
- 9 Numeric
Kentucky
- 1 Alpha + 8 Numeric
- 1 Alpha + 9 Numeric
- 9 Numeric
Louisiana
- 1-9 Numeric
Maine
- 7 Numeric
- 7 Numeric + 1 Alpha
- 8 Numeric
Maryland
- 1 Alpha + 12 Numeric
Massachusetts
- 1 Alpha + 8 Numeric
- 9 Numeric
Michigan
- 1 Alpha + 10 Numeric
- 1 Alpha + 12 Numeric
Minnesota
- 1 Alpha + 12 Numeric
Mississippi
- 9 Numeric
Missouri
- 3 Numeric + 1 Alpha + 6 Numeric
- 1 Alpha + 5-9 Numeric
- 1 Alpha + 6 Numeric + R
- 8 Numeric + 2 Alpha
- 9 Numeric + 1 Alpha
- 9 Numeric
Montana
- 1 Alpha + 8 Numeric
- 9 Numeric
- 13-14 Numeric
Nebraska
- 1 Alpha + 6-8 Numeric
Nevada
- 9-10 Numeric
- 12 Numeric
- X + 8 Numeric
New Hampshire
- 3 Alpha + 8 Numeric
- 2 Numeric + 3 Alpha + 5 Numeric
New Jersey
- 1 Alpha + 14 Numeric
New Mexico
- 8-9 Numeric
New York
- 1 Alpha + 7 Numeric
- 1 Alpha + 18 Numeric
- 8-9 Numeric
- 16 Numeric
- 8 Alpha
North Carolina
- 1-12 Numeric
North Dakota
- 3 Alpha + 6 Numeric
- 9 Numeric
Ohio
- 1 Alpha + 4-8 Numeric
- 2 Alpha + 3-7 Numeric
- 8 Numeric
Oklahoma
- 1 Alpha + 9 Numeric
- 9 Numeric
Oregon
- 1-9 Numeric
Pennsylvania
- 8 Numeric
Rhode Island
- 7 Numeric
- 1 Alpha + 6 Numeric
South Carolina
- 5-11 Numeric
South Dakota
- 6-10 Numeric
- 12 Numeric
Tennessee
- 7-9 Numeric
Texas
- 7-8 Numeric
Utah
- 4-10 Numeric
Vermont
- 8 Numeric
- 7 Numeric + A
Virginia
- 1 Alpha + 8-11 Numeric
- 9 Numeric
Washington
- 1-7 Alpha + any combination of Alpha/Numeric for a total of 12 characters
West Virginia
- 7 Numeric
- 1-2 Alpha + 5-6 Numeric
Wisconsin
- 1 Alpha + 13 Numeric
Wyoming
- 9-10 Numeric
Canadian Provinces
The Date of Birth (DOB) format for Canadian driver licenses is YYYY-MM-DD
Alberta
- Six digits, a hyphen, three digits
- Five to nine digits
British Columbia
- Seven digits
Manitoba
- Two letters, optional hyphen, two letters, optional hyphen, two letters, optional hyphen, one letter, three digits, two letters
New Brunswick
- Five to seven digits
Newfoundland/Labrador
- One letter, nine digits
Nova Scotia
- Five letters, optional hyphen, one digit; any of 0, 1, 2 or 3, one digit, one digit zero or one, six digits
Ontario
- One letter, four digits, optional hyphen, five digits, one digit, one digit; any of 0, 1, 5, or 6, one digit, one digit; any of 0, 1, 2 or 3, one digit
Prince Edward Island
- Five to six digits
Quebec
- One letter, twelve digits
Saskatchewan
- Eight digits
Yukon Territory
- Six digits