{"id":2249,"date":"2017-07-26T13:16:35","date_gmt":"2017-07-26T17:16:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.greatflorida.com\/blog\/?p=2249"},"modified":"2026-04-16T20:07:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T00:07:08","slug":"florida-driver-licenses-get-new-look","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/2017\/florida-driver-licenses-get-new-look\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida driver licenses get a new look"},"content":{"rendered":"

Starting in August, the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles<\/a> (FLHSMV) will begin issuing a new Florida driver\u2019s license and ID card.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a matter of fact, the last update to the cards was 2003,\u201d points out Dustyn Shroff<\/a>, Vice President of GreatFlorida Insurance<\/a>, Florida\u2019s largest independent auto insurance<\/a> agency.<\/p>\n

Updates to the card will offer a new look and feel, along with increased security. The makeover is an effort to nearly double the protection against fraud. \u201cThe new credential provides Floridians the most secure over-the-counter card on the market today,\u201d claims FLHSMV.<\/p>\n

The new card also conforms to Homeland Security\u2019s<\/a> REAL ID Act. REAL ID is a coordinated effort by the states and Federal Government to improve the reliability and accuracy of state-issued identification documents. This is turn, should inhibit terrorists\u2019 ability to evade detection by using fraudulent identification.<\/p>\n

\"new-dl-fraud-protection\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The new driver\u2019s license and ID card are unique to Florida. The card front incorporates a pastel colored linear rendering of the Florida state seal and a large orange \u201cFL\u201d over a stark white base. On the back of the card, an image of the state of Florida rests among ocean waves and the year 1845 is displayed. This refers to the year Florida became the 27th<\/sup> state in the Union.<\/p>\n

Additional features include, photograph images that are printed with a transparent background and appear in four locations on the card. Differentiating head colors across the top will make it easy to determine what type of license each person owns. The blue font indicates a commercial driver\u2019s license, a green font is a driver\u2019s license, red font is an ID card and the orange font is across the learner\u2019s license.<\/p>\n

Plenty of new characteristics doubling as fraud protection measures include; redundant data, ultraviolet (UV) ink and optically variable data features. Also, the new design incorporates designations for lifetime sportsman, boater, freshwater, saltwater and hunting licenses as well as designations for veteran, organ donor, deaf\/hard of hearing and developmentally disabled and more.<\/p>\n

Those under 21 will find a red box on the front of their card that indicates the date they reach the legal drinking age.<\/p>\n

For now, the new cards will be available at select service centers. The agency reports by the end of 2017, new credentials will be available at all service centers thought the state and online. Previous driver\u2019s license and ID cards will still be in use alongside the new cards until it is replaced or phased out.<\/p>\n

Floridians are only required to replace their current license of ID card if it is expired, or a name change or address change is needed. \u201cDriving with an expired driver\u2019s license can carry a fine, probation, suspended license and an increase of your insurance rates,\u201d reminds Buck with GreatFlorida Insurance,<\/a> Florida\u2019s leading independent auto insurance<\/a> agency. So, make sure you do not let your driver\u2019s license expire.<\/p>\n

Contact GreatFlorida Insurance<\/a> today for all your auto insurance<\/a> needs.<\/p>\n

\"Florida-Auto-Insurance\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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Starting in August, the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV) will begin issuing a new Florida driver\u2019s license and ID card. \u201cAs a matter of fact, the last update to the cards was 2003,\u201d points out Dustyn Shroff, Vice President of GreatFlorida Insurance, Florida\u2019s largest independent auto insurance agency. Updates to the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1219,"featured_media":2258,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4,1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2249","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-auto-insurance","8":"category-boat-insurance","9":"category-floridainsurance"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1219"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2249"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2249\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13846,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2249\/revisions\/13846"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}