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Take Down Sicko wrote: ↑Mon Nov 25, 2019 8:21 pm I mailed ten dollars for the duplicate today. How long did it take to receive your new TDL?

Any driver license produced after 10/17/2016, will have a yellow star placed around the expiration date meeting the federal REAL ID ACT.

chasfm11 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 12, 2019 8:45 am

Grayling813 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 11, 2019 11:57 am I received a notification letter from DPS on Saturday about my DL not being REAL ID compliant. The path to obtaining a REAL ID license if your doesn't expire until after Oct 1 2020 is to request a duplicate ID by mail or online for $10.00. (Online adds $1.00 fee for total of $11.00).
I requested a duplicate this morning online.

Would you mind confirming receipt of your duplicate with the star? I'd happily spend $22 for my wife and I not to have to sit through the DPS office madness IF I were certain that the results would be a REAL ID compliant card. What they SAY works and what DOES work may be two different things. Both my wife and I provided our birth certificates at one point so there should be no problem with them issuing the REAL ID

Sorry that I'm so skeptical.

Comments: If I order a DUPLICATE DL online, with the new DL be REALID compliant? My current DL is not. The FAQ is unclear whether a duplicate DL WILL be compliant or MAY be compliant. Thanks!

If your card expires before October 1, 2022, and you don't have a gold star in the upper right-hand corner, renew your driver license or identification card before the October 1, 2020 deadline. You are eligible to renew up to two years in advance of your card's expiration date.

However, if you don’t have a passport or passport card, there are actually several other options you can use for ID, some of which you might already have. For instance, if you’re a member of the Global Entry program, your Global Entry card can serve as an accepted form of identification, as can ID cards from any of the other trusted traveler programs such as NEXUS, SENTRI or FAST.

In fact, there are at least 15 different forms of ID that are accepted by the TSA. Here’s the official list from tsa.gov:

Driver’s licenses or other state photo identity cards issued by Department of Motor Vehicles (or equivalent)
U.S. passport
U.S. passport card
DHS trusted traveler cards (Global Entry, NEXUS, SENTRI, FAST)
U.S. military ID (active duty or retired military and their dependents, and DoD civilians)
Permanent resident card
Border crossing card
DHS-designated enhanced driver’s license
Airline or airport-issued ID (if issued under a TSA-approved security plan)
Federally recognized, tribal-issued photo ID
HSPD-12 PIV card
Foreign government-issued passport
Canadian provincial driver’s license or Indian and Northern Affairs Canada card
Transportation worker identification credential
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Employment Authorization Card (I-766)
U.S. Merchant Mariner Credential