
Reminder: The Department of Motor Vehicles urges drivers not to wait until the last minute to get a REAL ID if you want one, because there’s likely to be a crush of applicants closer to the deadline, which has been extended. A non-federal compliant license (so, not a REAL ID) would feature the “Federal Limits Apply” wording in that spot instead. This is the REAL ID symbol that tells you it’s a REAL ID license.

Q: Cathy Price of Murrieta asked if a California driver’s license would indicate on it that a person has the REAL ID. She said she just renewed her license after getting a REAL ID and she did not see anything on the license that shows she has it.Ī: A California REAL ID will be marked in the top right corner with an image of a golden bear with a star on its backside.
