\u2022 Approximately 325,000 people will be required to replace their Real IDs.
\u2022 The DMV will waive costs for the replacements.
\u2022 The error is due to a \u201clegacy coding\u201d problem from 2006. <\/p>\n
The California Department of Motor Vehicles said this week that approximately 325,000 Californians will be required to replace their Real ID licenses because of a software error. <\/p>\n
In the coming weeks, DMV officials said, about 1.5% of those holding Real IDs will be notified that they \u201cneed to take action\u201d to \u201censure continued compliance with federal REAL ID regulations.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe DMV is informing affected individuals of the steps they need to take,\u201d officials said in a news release issued Wednesday. Fees associated with reissuing the IDS will be waived for those affected. <\/p>\n
DMV officials said the problem was discovered after a review of technology systems revealed that some legal immigrants had been issued Real IDs that did not expire at the same time as their authorization to remain in the country.<\/p>\n
The Real ID Act was signed into law in 2005 and established security standards for state-issued IDs for things like boarding planes. But implementation was repeatedly delayed, and the requirement finally went into effect in May of 2025. DMV officials said they discovered that a \u201csmall subset\u201d of Real IDs issued to lawful permanent residents \u201capplied the standard credential renewal interval in some cases, instead of the expiration of a REAL ID holder\u2019s authorized stay.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe proactively reviewed our records, identified a legacy system issue from 2006, and are notifying impacted customers with clear guidance on how to maintain a valid California-issued credential,\u201d DMV Director Steve Gordon said. \u201cFor nearly 99% of REAL ID holders, no action is required. The DMV remains committed to serving all Californians and ensuring REAL ID credentials meet federal standards.\u201d<\/p>\n
Officials said the problem came about because of \u201clegacy coding from 2006.\u201d But the release added that all those who had been issued Real IDs received them only after the federal system had verified their lawful presence in the country, and that no one who was undocumented got one. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u2022 Approximately 325,000 people will be required to replace their Real IDs.\u2022 The DMV will waive costs for…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":486333,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5123],"tags":[11030,219704,1582,276,9109,9958,219701,2961,224,5337,11395,219700,3215,13996,219705,219702,219703,17823,15613,2452],"class_list":{"0":"post-486332","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-action","9":"tag-boarding-plane","10":"tag-ca","11":"tag-california","12":"tag-californians","13":"tag-country","14":"tag-dmv-official","15":"tag-la","16":"tag-los-angeles","17":"tag-losangeles","18":"tag-may","19":"tag-new-real-id","20":"tag-news-release","21":"tag-problem","22":"tag-security-standard","23":"tag-software-error","24":"tag-state-issued-id","25":"tag-thing","26":"tag-wednesday","27":"tag-week"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115823715761289102","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=486332"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486332\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/486333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=486332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=486332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=486332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}