Overview
What matters first
Renewal rules depend on age, credential type, REAL ID status, medical restrictions, and how many remote renewals have already been used.
National guide
License Renewal
Check common renewal pathways, expiration timing, document refresh rules, and when an in-person visit may still be required.
Prepare
Documents and details to confirm
- Current credential information
- Updated identity or residency proof if the jurisdiction requests it
- Vision, medical, or immigration-status documents when applicable
Typical steps
How the process usually unfolds
- Verify whether you are eligible for online or mail renewal before scheduling an office visit.
- Review renewal windows, late penalties, and grace periods on the official agency site.
- Complete any required testing, photo update, or document re-verification before the deadline.
FAQ
Common questions
- Can every license renewal be done online?
No. Many jurisdictions limit online renewal based on age, renewal history, or credential status.
- Does an expired license always have a grace period?
No. Some jurisdictions offer grace periods for renewal, but driving on an expired license may still be unlawful.
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State pages
License Renewal requirements by state
This guide explains the common process, but final document lists, deadlines, fees, appointment rules, and online options are set by each jurisdiction. Choose a state page below to continue with local guidance and official agency links.
Alabama License Renewal
Alabama renewal looks simple on the surface, but the practical rules depend on timing and channel. ALEA says a standard license can be renewed within 180 days before expiration, and Alabama law gives a 60-day grace period after the printed expiration date for renewal purposes. That does not mean you should wait too long. The state says renewal can happen without examination within three years after expiration, but driving on an expired license is still unlawful once the 60-day grace window ends. Alabama also has a real online renewal service and a separate mail-renewal form for people temporarily out of state or otherwise unable to visit an office, but the mail option is limited by photo and signature history requirements.
Alaska License Renewal
Alaska renewal is simple only for the most standard records. If your license expires within the next year, Alaska offers online renewal. But the state treats younger drivers differently. Drivers turning 21 cannot renew early into a standard horizontal license and instead must renew after the 21st birthday, complete an alcohol awareness test, and in some out-of-state cases notify the DMV after taking the online version of that test. Alaska also keeps a separate remote backup: if you are out of state and not eligible to renew online, you may request a temporary non-commercial extension letter as long as the license has not been expired for more than one year.
Arizona License Renewal
Arizona renewal is mostly an AZ MVD Now workflow until the system sends you to an office. The key practical questions are whether you are inside the six-month renewal window, whether your photo or vision review now requires an in-person stop, and whether you are trying to turn a standard license into a Travel ID, which Arizona routes through an office with documents.
Arkansas License Renewal
Arkansas renewal is more statute-driven than service-page driven. Current law says an ordinary driver's license is renewable on or before expiration through an application, the required fees, and the eyesight test, and the state says it should be renewed without another examination unless the secretary has reason to believe the driver is no longer qualified. The practical friction is channel-related: Arkansas' current online services emphasize appointments, replacement, driving records, and pre-registration rather than a universal online self-renewal lane for regular licenses. The clearest published remote relief is for active-duty military members who are outside Arkansas and apply for an official extension.
California License Renewal
California DMV still offers online, mail, and in-person renewal, but the practical rules are more conditional than most summary pages suggest. The real friction points are first-time REAL ID renewals that still end in a DMV office, age-70-plus renewals that still happen in person, and overlapping DMV pages that do not always describe timing the same way.
Colorado License Renewal
Colorado renewal looks simple until you check whether your record still qualifies for online or mail handling. Adult licenses can be renewed any time before expiration, but standard driver licenses and permits generally must be expired less than one year to remain renewal-eligible. Colorado also screens online renewal for a relatively specific set of record conditions, including a photo that is less than 10 years old, no recent DUI in the last five years, no active restriction action, and no change in name or vision. The practical details are that online renewals are reviewed by DMV staff before approval, in-person renewals require a vision exam and new photo, and mailed cards typically arrive in 10 to 14 business days but can take up to 30 days.
Connecticut License Renewal
Connecticut lets most standard drivers renew on the expiration date or up to 180 days early, but the easy online path has more blockers than many generic renewal pages suggest. Online renewal is not available if you need a first-time REAL ID, are not a U.S. citizen, have a CDL or public passenger endorsement, have a drive-only license, need a name update, did not get a new photo at the last renewal, have a suspension, or let the credential age past the two-year cutoff. Connecticut still offers in-person renewal by appointment and limited mail renewal, but the mail option is reserved for specific situations such as military, serious medical inability to appear, temporary absence from Connecticut or the U.S., or incarceration.
Delaware License Renewal
Delaware's standard renewal lane is straightforward on the surface but still document-sensitive. Most Delaware licenses renew for eight years and can be renewed online or at a DMV facility, with the renewal window opening 180 days before expiration and reminder notices typically going out about 60 days before the driver's birthday. Delaware still requires an eye screening and reserves the right to give knowledge or road tests, and moved or revalidated records can trigger proof of residency, Social Security, or legal-presence checks. The state also has narrower special channels, including mail renewal for active duty military, certain Department of Defense personnel, and dependents stationed outside Delaware.
District of Columbia License Renewal
District of Columbia renewal is mostly about channel eligibility and how long the license has been expired. DC DMV says your driver license and ID can be renewed online for every other renewal period, and the current online lane is limited to people with a REAL ID, Limited Purpose license, or qualifying REAL ID provisional credential who still have the same name and address on file. If the license has been expired for more than 365 days, DC pushes you back into a knowledge-test or online-traffic-school waiver decision. If it has been expired for more than 545 days, DC DMV says you must renew in person and pass both the knowledge and road tests.
Florida License Renewal
Florida renewal is mainly an eligibility-routing problem. The state offers convenient online renewal, but only every other renewal period and only for records that do not trigger office review. The practical Florida questions are whether your last renewal was online, whether your card is REAL ID compliant, whether your license shows "TEMPORARY," and whether age-80 vision rules or military out-of-state rules change the path.
Georgia License Renewal
Georgia makes renewal look simple, but eligibility still splits into clear lanes. Most eligible adult U.S. citizens with a Georgia REAL ID can renew online, while name or address changes, certain senior-driver vision cases, and licenses expired for two years or more push customers back into a fuller in-person process.
Hawaii License Renewal
Hawaii renewal is not a single statewide office workflow because counties handle the operational side, but the major rules line up in a few important ways. Drivers can renew within the six months before expiration, and the license expires at midnight on the expiration date. U.S. citizens and permanent residents who already established their REAL ID record generally do not need to re-show all documents if nothing changed, while temporary-status holders must renew in person with continued legal-presence proof. The county-published wrinkles matter after that. Kauai publishes a 90-day expired-renewal window and a one-year reactivation limit before you fall back to new-applicant status, while Hawaii County says an out-of-state mail renewal cannot produce a REAL ID card mailed out of state and will instead convert the credential into a limited-purpose license.
Idaho License Renewal
Idaho's standard Class D renewal is flexible on timing but not equally flexible on channel. Most drivers can renew up to 25 months early, and many can renew online with a $5 discount. But Idaho still pushes some renewals back to a county office, especially when online eligibility fails, when a non-citizen renewing a Star Card must prove continued lawful presence, or when the license has been expired long enough to trigger retesting. Idaho also uses age-based term rules, including an eight-year option only for drivers ages 21 to 62.
Illinois License Renewal
Illinois license renewal is straightforward only if your renewal notice says you are eligible for the Safe Driver Renewal path. The key Illinois limits are that online renewal depends on the PIN or Renewal Authorization Number in your notice, REAL ID cannot be issued through that online flow, and some drivers must still visit a facility for testing or updated reports.
Indiana License Renewal
Indiana renewal is mostly about whether you still qualify for online processing. The important Indiana rules are the 24-month early window for most residents, the branch-only renewal rules for address and name changes, the 180-day expiration threshold that can trigger testing, and the age, point, and restriction filters that block online renewal even when the card is otherwise current.
Iowa License Renewal
Iowa renewal is mainly an eligibility-screen problem, not just a calendar reminder. You can usually renew a standard license up to 180 days before expiration, and with good cause Iowa may allow renewal up to one year early. But the online lane is narrow: it is limited to U.S. citizens in Iowa DOT records who are age 18 through 69, renewing a valid non-commercial license every other issuance, with no name or restriction changes and no medical or vision report due. Iowa also has a meaningful post-expiration rule: the license stays valid for driving for 60 days after the printed expiration date, but one year after expiration you must take the knowledge and driving tests again.
Kansas License Renewal
Kansas renewal is more nuanced than a simple 'renew online' page suggests. The standard renewal page still frames renewal as an in-person transaction with document review, a vision exam, a new photo, and a new signature, but the state also separately promotes iKan for eligible full 21-plus Kansas driver's licenses and ID cards. Timing matters too. Most drivers can renew up to one year early, but under-21 credentials are different: they expire on the holder's 21st birthday, cannot be renewed before that birthday, and Kansas gives an automatic 45-day driving extension after the 21st birthday. Late renewals get stricter as well, because the handbook says a license expired more than one year requires full vision, written, and driving testing.
Kentucky License Renewal
Kentucky license renewal is mainly an eligibility and vision-screening problem, not just a payment step. Drivers age 21 and older can renew up to six months early, but Kentucky requires a vision test for license renewal and reserves online renewal for customers who can meet that vision requirement with either a Regional Office passcode or the approved TC 94-202 vision form. The late-renewal cutoff is also generous but important: no testing is required if the license expired within the past five years, while licenses expired more than five years send the customer back to the new-driver process instead of an ordinary renewal.
Louisiana License Renewal
Louisiana renewal is mainly about timing and channel eligibility. State law opens the renewal window 180 days before expiration, but remote renewal is much narrower than an in-person renewal. Louisiana blocks normal renewal by mail or electronic commerce for drivers age 70 and older, for anyone who already renewed remotely at the last expiration, and for licenses that have been expired more than 12 months or have been suspended, revoked, canceled, lost, or held by law enforcement. Drivers younger than 70 also face a regular late fee if the license is more than 10 days expired at renewal, while remote renewal of an expired Class D or E license carries its own special late fee with no grace period. The practical result is that Louisiana's easy renewal lane is for eligible, relatively current credentials only.
Maine License Renewal
Maine lets standard drivers renew early, but the useful question is whether the record still qualifies for online processing. Renewal can begin as early as six months before expiration. Vision screening becomes mandatory in certain age bands, and if you complete that exam with your own eye-care provider, Maine's FAQ says that result does not flow back into the online system. The online service also blocks several common cases, including changed names, first-time REAL ID issuance, commercial licenses, non-U.S. citizen renewals, and medical-condition updates.
Maryland License Renewal
Maryland renewal is straightforward only after you confirm how the MVA will let you renew. The state generally lets drivers renew up to one year before expiration, but the renewal notice controls whether the route is online, by mail, or in person. The practical Maryland rules are the one-year early window, the fact that licenses expired for one year or more drop back into new-applicant testing, and the vision-certification rules that recur every renewal for many drivers.
Massachusetts License Renewal
Massachusetts makes standard Class D renewals fairly simple if your record is clean, but there are still important channel limits. Existing standard and REAL ID licenses can generally be renewed online, limited-term renewals require an in-person visit, and an upgrade to REAL ID starts online but must be finished at a service center or AAA branch if you are eligible. The practical Massachusetts timing rules are that you can renew up to one year early, up to two years after expiration, and more than two years late pushes you back to testing.
Michigan License Renewal
Michigan gives drivers a broad renewal window, but the easiest path depends on how recently you have renewed in person and whether the state can keep your record fully automated. The practical Michigan rules are that you can renew up to one year early, you may still renew up to four years after expiration with penalties, most drivers must appear in person at least every 12 years, and some records are forced back to an office even if online renewal exists in general.
Minnesota License Renewal
Minnesota renewal is more office-centered than many state DMV systems. You can renew up to nine months early without shortening the new term, but the standard path still runs through a DVS location where the state checks your vision and takes your photo. Minnesota does offer a remote mail-style renewal for residents who are out of state, but it is limited to valid Standard or REAL ID credentials and stops working when the license is suspended, revoked, canceled, or expired more than one year.
Mississippi License Renewal
Mississippi renewal looks straightforward until you sort out the channel rules. A standard driver may renew within six months before expiration, and a Mississippi license that has not been expired more than 12 months can generally be renewed online or at a Driver Service station. But the online lane is narrower than a generic renewal page suggests. The self-service portal is for Class D and Class R licenses, requires U.S. citizenship, a valid photo, and only allows online renewal every other time. Mississippi also gets much stricter once the license has been stale for too long: after 12 months expired you must renew in person, and after 60 months expired you must bring full documents and retake the knowledge exam.
Missouri License Renewal
Missouri renewal is more about timing and channel eligibility than many national pages suggest. The state treats the 184-day mark as the practical renewal window, because outside that window you are usually looking at a duplicate transaction instead. Missouri also layers a second 184-day rule after expiration: if you renew within six months after the card expires, you can usually renew without retesting, but once you go past that grace period you must return to a Missouri State Highway Patrol exam station for written, vision, road sign, and skills testing. Missouri's new remote renewal channel is real, but it is narrow: noncommercial applicants generally need to be ages 21 to 49, have a U.S. citizenship indicator on file, confirm a recent vision exam, and stay within Missouri's other history and in-person cycle rules.
Montana License Renewal
Montana renewal turns on timing and channel eligibility rather than on a single generic checklist. The state lets most drivers renew up to six months early and up to one year after expiration without retesting, but your driving privilege still ends at midnight on the expiration date if you have not renewed. Remote renewal is real, but narrow. Montana limits standard online and mail renewal to U.S. citizens in the renewal window whose current license is not suspended or revoked and whose previous renewal was not already completed online or by mail. The state also keeps a useful turning-21 rule, a temporary-out-of-state mail lane, and a military exemption that can keep an active-duty Montana license valid for up to 90 days after honorable discharge.
Nebraska License Renewal
Nebraska renewal is relatively flexible, but only if your record still fits the online rules. In most cases you can renew a Class O or Class M license online if your name and physical description have not materially changed and you are still under Nebraska's age cutoff for remote renewal. The state also allows out-of-state Class O drivers to renew by mail during their renewal window or within one year after expiration, but repeated remote renewals eventually force an in-person photo update.
Nevada License Renewal
Nevada's easy renewal path is online, but only for a fairly narrow group: current Nevada residents ages 16 through 70 whose license is not expired more than 364 days and whose record does not trigger testing or information changes. Drivers 71 and older are pushed out of online renewal, some older drivers can renew by mail, and Nevada residents temporarily out of state or in the military can also renew remotely through the mail process. In every lane, the practical Nevada details are the testing triggers tied to driving history, the office-only cases for REAL ID upgrades or record changes, and the fact that renewed cards are mailed after the transaction.
New Hampshire License Renewal
New Hampshire licenses normally expire on the fifth birthday anniversary after issuance, and the state sends a renewal notice about 30 days before expiration. Renewal is not online-by-default forever. New Hampshire allows online renewal only when the driver is otherwise eligible, has a photo image on file, meets the vision requirement, and is not in the cycle that requires an in-person return. Mail renewal is narrower still and is mainly reserved for deployed military, certain federal employees outside the United States, and accompanying spouses. If a New Hampshire license has been expired, suspended, or revoked for more than three years, the state pushes the driver back into full original-license testing.
New Jersey License Renewal
New Jersey pushes most license renewals into the online channel, even when an older notice implies an in-person visit. The practical rules are that online renewal is immediate, the physical card is mailed in roughly 2 to 4 weeks, CDL and expiring-visa holders must renew in person, and once a license has been expired for more than 3 years the state sends you back to the first-time driver path.
New Mexico License Renewal
New Mexico renewal is driven by timing and credential type more than by a single universal checklist. The state says a standard renewal window opens 90 days before expiration, and online renewal can still be completed for up to two years after the expiration date. But that does not mean every renewal fits the same lane. If you try to renew too early, New Mexico treats the transaction as a replacement rather than a true renewal. If you are converting to REAL ID for the first time, the state sends you back to the new-license document requirements. And if your current credential is a Driver's Authorization Card, the MVD warns it may have to be renewed in an office. Older-driver timing also changes because drivers 79 and older renew every year without a renewal fee.
New York License Renewal
New York's renewal rules are practical but easy to misuse. You can renew unusually early, up to one year before expiration, but once a license has been expired for more than two years the state sends you back to the original licensing path. The key planning issues are getting the vision step done, updating your address first, and knowing which renewals can stay online or by mail.
North Carolina License Renewal
North Carolina license renewal is easy only if you fit the state's online or kiosk rules. The important details are that online renewal is limited to every other renewal, many drivers can renew online up to six months before expiration or within two years after it, and mail renewal is a narrow backup mainly for residents temporarily living outside the state.
North Dakota License Renewal
North Dakota renewal is mostly about timing and channel. NDDOT says a standard driver license can be renewed up to 10 months before expiration without losing any remaining time, and the state offers an online renewal lane for eligible drivers plus an in-person lane at driver license sites. But North Dakota is not permissive about expired driving. The official renewal FAQ says the license is no longer valid after midnight on the birthday or printed expiration date, even though relicensing without retesting remains available until the credential has been expired more than one year. North Dakota also keeps a separate out-of-state renewal packet process, and the state says that mail renewal generally cannot be used a second consecutive time unless the applicant is active-duty military or the spouse of an active-duty member.
Ohio License Renewal
Ohio's renewal rules are more usable than many states', but there are still a few timing traps. The main ones are the online-versus-counter eligibility split, the rule that a current license or one expired less than six months can still renew online or at a deputy registrar, the under-21 birthday timing rule, and the document reset if you do not present the current credential.
Oklahoma License Renewal
Oklahoma renewal is relatively broad, but it still has hard channel cutoffs that change the safest plan. Service Oklahoma says a Class D driver can renew up to one year before expiration, and the online lane remains available while the license is still valid or expired no more than three years. That same public page sends several groups back in person: first-time REAL ID applicants, drivers changing a name or other personal information beyond address, noncitizens presenting immigration documents, suspended drivers, and people without a valid Oklahoma address. Oklahoma also keeps two practical rules worth surfacing high on the page: online renewal issues a temporary credential while the permanent card is mailed, and the agency's renewal SOP caps online or mail renewals and replacements at three consecutive cycles before the fourth must be done in person.
Oregon License Renewal
Oregon renewal is mostly an eligibility screen before it is a payment task. Standard Oregon licenses can generally be renewed up to 12 months before expiration and up to 2 years after, but online renewal is only available when the record still fits Oregon's filters, including a photo on file that is less than 9 years old. The practical Oregon traps are the 2-year expiration cutoff, the address-proof upload rule for some online renewals, and the difference between a standard renewal and a REAL ID upgrade.
Pennsylvania License Renewal
Pennsylvania license renewal is not finished when you click submit online. The key PennDOT rules are the four-year renewal cycle, the reduced two-year option for drivers 65 and older, the online-renewal limit when changes are needed, and the camera-card step that still sends you to a Photo License Center to receive the physical product.
Rhode Island License Renewal
Rhode Island renewal is straightforward only when the record is current and the driver already holds the credential type they want. The state allows renewal up to 90 days before expiration and offers online, mail, branch-office, and AAA channels for many standard renewals. But Rhode Island draws several practical lines. A first REAL ID renewal or upgrade must be done in person if the current card does not already carry the gold star. Online renewal also comes with a meaningful limitation: you do not get a temporary photo credential, only a receipt that must be carried with the current license. The state also shortens the usual five-year cycle for older drivers and requires a permit test plus road test if the license has been expired for five years or more.
South Carolina License Renewal
South Carolina renewal is shaped more by vision and record eligibility than by the payment step. The state requires a vision screening for renewing a driver's license or beginner's permit, but it can waive the in-person screening if an SC-licensed eye care professional electronically submits a valid vision exam. Remote renewal is narrower than it looks: online and mail renewal are limited to US citizens with regular non-CDL licenses that are not expired more than nine months, and the record must also pass South Carolina's point, suspension, and prior-renewal filters.
South Dakota License Renewal
South Dakota renewal works best only inside a narrow lane: an unexpired, federally compliant gold-star card, no online or mail renewal at the last cycle, and no issue that forces an in-person visit. The state lets standard drivers renew up to 180 days before expiration, and it offers online or mail renewal only once every ten years. But South Dakota becomes much stricter once the license is stale. If the license has been expired for more than 30 days, the driver must go in person and pass a knowledge test, and a Class 2 holder also repeats the motorcycle knowledge test. South Dakota also keeps two timing wrinkles worth surfacing high on the page: drivers 65 or older need a vision statement for online or mail renewal, and licenses that expire 30 days after the 21st birthday may only be renewed on or within that 30-day post-birthday window.
Tennessee License Renewal
Tennessee renewal is straightforward only after you separate standard licenses from permits, temporary credentials, and commercial licenses. Most standard Tennessee licenses for drivers 21 and older run on an eight-year cycle, but online renewal is not always available because a new photo is required in person every other renewal cycle. The practical Tennessee traps are the permit-expiration rule, the CDL in-person requirement, and the fact that military drivers based outside Tennessee may use the state's Code 30 non-expiring arrangement instead of a normal renewal cadence.
Texas License Renewal
Texas renewal is mostly an eligibility-routing problem. The practical questions are whether you can renew online or by phone, whether DPS will force you back into an office for vision and a new photo, and when an expired card stops being a renewal and becomes a brand-new application again.
U.S. Virgin Islands License Renewal
The current USVI BMV renewal guidance is split between the detailed driver's-license page and the homepage service messaging. The detailed renewal instructions still describe an appointment-based process where the driver displays and surrenders the old license, pays the $55 fee, and may have to re-verify lawful status, Social Security number, or address. The BMV homepage also advertises myBMV online services for driver's license renewals and duplicates. The stable facts across both sources are the renewal fee, the late-fee structure, and the reality that document reverification can come back into play.
Utah License Renewal
Utah renewal is mainly a channel-eligibility problem. You can renew up to six months early, and eligible drivers receive a renewal notice with a PIN about 90 days before expiration so they can renew online. If you cannot renew online, you need an office appointment. Utah also uses a 25-question open-book written knowledge test as a renewal trigger in several situations, including some suspensions, licenses expired more than one year, or multiple citations.
Vermont License Renewal
Vermont renewal is straightforward only when the timing, photo, and channel all line up. The state lets drivers renew a standard license as early as six months before expiration, and a standard Class D license carries a 14-day grace period after expiration. But that grace rule does not extend to CDL classes A, B, and C. Vermont's online renewal lane also has a practical gate that many drivers miss: the photo on file must stay valid for the entire new term, and DMV says license photos must be updated every nine years. If the photo-validity date will run out before the renewed license would expire, Vermont requires an in-person renewal. Vermont also keeps narrower edge cases in play, including mail renewal through the license application, no temporary license for online renewals, and a military extension that can keep a resident's license valid for up to four years while on active duty.
Virginia License Renewal
Virginia gives drivers a broad renewal window, but renewal channel depends heavily on record eligibility. You can renew online, by mail, or in person as early as one year before expiration, yet Virginia requires an in-person renewal every other cycle and blocks remote renewal for several common situations such as prior-cycle remote renewal, expiration longer than 12 months, name changes, legal-presence recheck, and age 75 or older. The practical Virginia details are the alternating in-person rule, the 15-day mailing timeline, and the testing reset once the license has been expired more than one year.
Washington License Renewal
Washington's renewal process is flexible only after you confirm which channel your record can use. The state lets many drivers renew online, by phone, by mail if invited, or in person, but it still forces some records back to an office. The practical rules are the one-year early renewal window, the ability to renew as late as eight years after expiration, the $10 late fee after 60 days, and the separate out-of-state extension process if you will be away when the license expires.
West Virginia License Renewal
West Virginia renewal revolves around the state's Drive for Five cycle. Most licenses expire in a year when the driver's age is divisible by five, but the state may issue a three-year to seven-year term to phase you into that pattern. West Virginia clearly offers online renewal and kiosk renewal, but the harder issue is late expiration. The current DMV site treats only licenses expired more than three years as first-time applications, while the current handbook still says retesting starts after six months expired. That conflict makes ordinary on-time or near-time renewal straightforward, but it makes very stale renewals something the driver should treat carefully before relying on a lighter process.
Wisconsin License Renewal
Wisconsin renewal is mostly an eligibility screen, not just a calendar reminder. Regular licenses can be renewed up to one year early, probationary licenses up to 90 days early, and the online option is limited mainly to U.S. citizens ages 18 to 64 with an unexpired or less-than-one-year expired Class D or DM license and no record changes that force an office visit.
Wyoming License Renewal
Wyoming offers three renewal lanes for a current driver license: in person, through oneWYO, or by mail. The convenience comes with real limits. State statute allows online or mail renewal only once every ten years, which Wyoming also describes as every other renewal, and the mail-renewal application is mailed out 120 days before expiration even though the credential can be renewed up to one year early. Wyoming also keeps several channel restrictions that generic renewal pages often miss. Once every ten years you must appear in person for a new photo and a vision screening, hazmat CDL holders cannot renew by mail or online if they are keeping the endorsement, and non-U.S. citizens can renew remotely only if they are permanent residents already licensed by Wyoming in that classification. If the license is expired, Wyoming pushes the driver back into the in-person new-license lane, and the written test becomes mandatory once the expiration reaches two years.