NCDMV redesigns state driver licenses, ID cards

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ROCKY MOUNT — The N.C. Division of Motor Vehicles says it will begin issuing new driver licenses, permits and identification cards featuring the latest in card security design and construction specifically intended to combat fraud.

“I am proud to announce the implementation of the most secure credential in our great state’s history,” DMV Commissioner Wayne Goodwin said in a Tuesday news release. “Our new licenses and IDs will be among the most secure identifying documents in the world.”

The state’s new credential is a 100% polycarbonate card that is personalized using laser engraving technology. Because of its composition, the card will not only look different, it will also feel and sound different.

The card will feel stiffer and have both embossed and debossed patterns and lettering on its surface. When dropped onto a tabletop, it will make a unique metallic sound.

The new card design showcases imagery familiar to North Carolinians, with hints of blue and green specifically chosen to correspond with well-known state attributes such as its rolling hills and abundant nature.

The card front includes the state’s flower — the dogwood — along with the state flag, state border outline, a marbled salamander and a lighthouse, all at the forefront of the rolling hills in the west. The card back shows a Colonial Spanish mustang grazing along one of North Carolina’s many beaches in the east.

These design elements are among more than 50 security features used to assist law enforcement in the deterrence and detection of fraud.

DMV officials said the new card design will be put into production later this week and the current design will be phased out by June 30. Current licenses and ID cards will remain valid until their expiration date.

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