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What documents are required to renew a driver's license in your area?

Asked by augustlan (47745points) February 28th, 2013

I recently had to renew my driver’s license in West Virginia, and learned that the documentation rules had changed. They now require:

> birth certificate
> social security card
> two utility bills, in my name, dated no less than 6 weeks prior (what would I have done if all the bills were in my husband’s name?)
> all documents required to trace your name from birth certificate to present

Since I’ve been married twice, I brought in the divorce decree from my first marriage and the marriage license from my second marriage for the name trace, and it wasn’t enough. I had to track down an official copy of my first marriage license from over 20 years ago and in a different state, just to renew my license. Which meant figuring out where it was stored (it’s so old it wasn’t at the courthouse any more), paying money to have it sent to me, waiting for it, finding two more utility bills with more recent dates, and making another trip to the DMV. Mind you, my last name has not changed in seven years, and my old license already had my current last name on it.

Is it anywhere near this ridiculous where you live? Or, heaven forbid, worse?

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