ID REQUIREMENT AT A GLANCE

Here are the ID requirements for new or renewed Maine driver’s license, effective Nov. 15:

If you are a U.S. citizen:

United States passport or passport card, or certified birth certificate from state office of vital statistics, or at least one of the following: baptismal certificate, religious record or tribal record showing name, date of birth and where the birth occurred, or hospital birth certificate showing name, date of birth and where the birth occurred, or doctor’s record of birth showing name, date of birth and where birth occurred, or newspaper or insurance file showing name, date of birth and where birth occurred.

If you were born outside the U.S. with U.S. citizen parent:

U.S. passport, or birth certificate, or proof of U.S. citizenship of parent, or evidence of the applicant’s legal relationship to parent.

If you are not a U.S. citizen:

Permanent Resident card or Resident Alien card, memorandum of creation of record of Lawful Permanent Residence, Arrival Departure Form I-94, Temporary Resident card, Re-entry Permit, Employment Authorization card, Travel Document or Refugee Travel Document, Arrival-Departure card Form I-94 stamped or endorsed.

Maine licenses for passenger vehicles (Class C) must be renewed every six years if you are under age 65 at a cost of $30, and every four years if you are 65 or older for $21.

Commercial licenses in Maine must be renewed every five years if under 65 at a cost of $34 and every four years thereafter for $28.

For more information go to www.Maine.gov./sos/bmv/licenses