Converting a driver's license to non-driver ID for senior

[Anonymous]

My mom is ready to give up driving voluntarily (hallelujah!).

Her driver's license expires fairly soon, and it doesn't make sense to get all the medical and ophthalmic paperwork that would be required to renew it if she's not going to drive anymore. Her DL is a real ID one; she jumped through all the documentation hoops last time she renewed.

Has anybody replaced a real ID DL with a real ID non-driver's license? Can you do this without redoing all the real ID nonsense? She is in DC, and I couldn't find details about this on the DC DMV website; they address a lot of scenarios, but not giving up a DL for a non-DL.

[Anonymous]

I’m 99% sure she can use an expired license and as ID as long as she’s not using it to drive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m 99% sure she can use an expired license and as ID as long as she’s not using it to drive.

Oh! Interesting! I will look into that. Thanks!

[Anonymous]

You can only use it for TSA for one year after it expires.

https://www.tsa.gov/travel/security-screening/identification

[Anonymous]

New poster - what would you all do if you if you trust that elderly parent will really not drive? Some context: I live in NYC and know dozens of people who have a DL but haven't driven in decades. They all just renew their licenses to use an ID

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:New poster - what would you all do if you if you trust that elderly parent will really not drive? Some context: I live in NYC and know dozens of people who have a DL but haven't driven in decades. They all just renew their licenses to use an ID

I'm OP. I do trust that mom will not drive; it's just that at in DC after a certain age (75?) you need jump through additional hoops to renew a DL and I thought getting her a non-driver's ID might be the path of least resistance. I'm not sure a doctor would sign off on her ability to drive at this point. And while I doubt she will ever travel by air again, I can't guarantee she won't, so I'd like to have a TSA-compliant ID for her. Passport might be easier...but there are also some circumstances in which a DC-issued ID will prove DC residency and could be handy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m 99% sure she can use an expired license and as ID as long as she’s not using it to drive.

I don’t think this is true. You can’t fly with an expired license.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m 99% sure she can use an expired license and as ID as long as she’s not using it to drive.

I don’t think this is true. You can’t fly with an expired license.

PP upthread found the TSA reg: you can use an expired license for a year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m 99% sure she can use an expired license and as ID as long as she’s not using it to drive.

Sometimes it will be accepted, sometimes not. TSA, for instance, lets you use an expired license for only one year after the expiration date. Other places might stop immediately or after 6 months.

It's in your best interest to have at least one current government-issued photo id.

[Anonymous]

You can’t convert an ID. She will need to take all required docs to the DMV/MVA to get a state ID.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m 99% sure she can use an expired license and as ID as long as she’s not using it to drive.

I don’t think this is true. You can’t fly with an expired license.

yes you can -- at least for a year. DH just did last week when his new license was in the mail. The TSA agent commented that he needed to renew his license.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You can’t convert an ID. She will need to take all required docs to the DMV/MVA to get a state ID.

The current DL can likely be in leau of a lot of the other documentation - like SS card and birth certificate. But you’ll still need to complete the paperwork.