---
kind: "section"
citation: "6 C.F.R. § 37.21"
title: "6"
number: "37.21"
heading: "Temporary or limited-term driver's licenses and identification cards."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/6/37.21"
---

# §37.21. Temporary or limited-term driver's licenses and identification cards.


States may only issue a temporary or limited-term REAL ID driver's license or identification card to an individual who has temporary lawful status in the United States.

- (a) States must require, before issuing a temporary or limited-term driver's license or identification card to a person, valid documentary evidence, verifiable through SAVE or other DHS-approved means, that the person has lawful status in the United States.
- (b) States shall not issue a temporary or limited-term driver's license or identification card pursuant to this section:
  - (1) For a time period longer than the expiration of the applicant's authorized stay in the United States, or, if there is no expiration date, for a period longer than one year; and
  - (2) **For longer than the State's maximum driver's license or identification card term.**
- (c) States shall renew a temporary or limited-term driver's license or identification card pursuant to this section and [§ 37.25(b)(2)](/cfr/6/37.25.md?p=b-2), only if:
  - (1) the individual presents valid documentary evidence that the status by which the applicant qualified for the temporary or limited-term driver's license or identification card is still in effect, or
  - (2) the individual presents valid documentary evidence that he or she continues to qualify for lawful status under [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section.
- (d) States must verify the information presented to establish lawful status through SAVE, or another method approved by DHS.
- (e) Temporary or limited-term driver's licenses and identification cards must clearly indicate on the face of the license and in the machine readable zone that the license or card is a temporary or limited-term driver's license or identification card.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 30301 note; 6 U.S.C. 111, 112.

### Source

Source: 73 FR 5331, Jan. 29, 2008, unless otherwise noted.