Driver License Formats
United States
US DL information was obtained from the National Traffic Safety Institute
The Date of Birth (DOB) format on US driver licenses is MM/DD/YYYY or MM-DD-YYYY.
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
Canada
Canadian DL information was obtained from the US DOT Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.
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
Mexico
Mexican DL information was obtained from the US DOT Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.
The Date of Birth (DOB) on Mexican licenses is with CURP field as YYMMDD.
Federal Digital License
The federal driver license format is LFD followed by 9 digits.
Mexican States
The state driver license format is the state prefix followed by 5-7 digits.
- Aguascalientes - AGS
- Baja California - BCN
- Baja California Sur - BCS
- Campeche - CAMP
- Chiapas - CHIS
- Chihuahua - CHIH
- Coahuila - COAH
- Colima - COL
- Distrito Federal - DF
- Durango - DGO
- Estado De Mexico - EDOM
- Guanajuato - GTO
- Guerrero - GRO
- Hidalgo - HGO
- Jalisco - JAL
- Michoacán - MICH
- Morelos - MOR
- Nayarit - NAY
- Nuevo León - NVOL
- Oaxaca - OAX
- Puebla - PUE
- Querétaro - QRO
- Quintana Roo - QROO
- San Luis Potosí - SLP
- Sinaloa - SIN
- Sonora - SON
- Tabasco - TAB
- Tamaulipas - TAMP
- Tlaxcala - TLAX
- Veracruz - VER
- Yucatán - YUC
- Zacatecas - ZAC