Kentuckians are now able to download a digital version of their driver’s license or REAL ID.Gov. Andy Beshear announced Tuesday that residents can download their standard or REAL ID driver’s license through the Kentucky Mobile ID app.While many states allow residents to carry their ID in their Apple wallet, Kentucky is not one of them.The digital ID with the new app is accepted at more than 250 airports and can be used at TSA checkpoints to verify a person’s identity.It can be used at Louisville’s airport, the Blue Grass Airport in Lexington, the Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky airport in Covington, and the Barkley Regional Airport in Paducah. “Mobile ID offers Kentuckians more options for air travel, while further protecting them from identity theft or having their private information shared,” Beshear said in a news release. “We want our families to be safe and feel safe while they are traveling, and this is just another step Team Kentucky is taking to increase safety for our people.”How to set up the mobile ID on your phone Download the Kentucky Mobile ID. Verify app from the App Store or through Google Play. Register the phone number of the Mobile ID device. An individual’s Mobile ID can only be on one device at a time to help protect their identity. Take a picture of the front and back of your physical ID (driver license, permit, or non-driver ID), using their phone’s camera. Take a live selfie. The app checks your photo and ID against information on file with your Transportation Cabinet driving record to ensure you are who you say you are. Once your information is verified, your Mobile ID is active and ready to use wherever it is accepted.While the digital ID is verified by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, officials want to make it clear that it does not replace your physical copy, which should be carried at all times. That is because not all businesses or state agencies will accept the digital ID.Kentucky is one of 19 states that offer a digital ID through the IDEMIA Mobile ID app. Puerto Rico also offers the mobile ID.

FRANKFORT, Ky. —

Kentuckians are now able to download a digital version of their driver’s license or REAL ID.

Gov. Andy Beshear announced Tuesday that residents can download their standard or REAL ID driver’s license through the Kentucky Mobile ID app.

While many states allow residents to carry their ID in their Apple wallet, Kentucky is not one of them.

The digital ID with the new app is accepted at more than 250 airports and can be used at TSA checkpoints to verify a person’s identity.

It can be used at Louisville’s airport, the Blue Grass Airport in Lexington, the Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky airport in Covington, and the Barkley Regional Airport in Paducah.

“Mobile ID offers Kentuckians more options for air travel, while further protecting them from identity theft or having their private information shared,” Beshear said in a news release. “We want our families to be safe and feel safe while they are traveling, and this is just another step Team Kentucky is taking to increase safety for our people.”

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How to set up the mobile ID on your phone

  • Download the Kentucky Mobile ID. Verify app from the App Store or through Google Play.
  • Register the phone number of the Mobile ID device. An individual’s Mobile ID can only be on one device at a time to help protect their identity.
  • Take a picture of the front and back of your physical ID (driver license, permit, or non-driver ID), using their phone’s camera.
  • Take a live selfie. The app checks your photo and ID against information on file with your Transportation Cabinet driving record to ensure you are who you say you are.
  • Once your information is verified, your Mobile ID is active and ready to use wherever it is accepted.

While the digital ID is verified by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, officials want to make it clear that it does not replace your physical copy, which should be carried at all times.

That is because not all businesses or state agencies will accept the digital ID.

Kentucky is one of 19 states that offer a digital ID through the IDEMIA Mobile ID app. Puerto Rico also offers the mobile ID.