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DDS Online Services

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License, Permit, and ID Card Services
  • Make a road test appointment;
  • Reinstate your driver's license;
  • Renew your driver's license, permit or ID card;
  • Replace a lost driver's license, permit, or ID card;
  • Upgrade a Class D license to a Class C license;
  • Change your address;
  • Request an ID card (must have valid license or permit on file);
  • Check license status and moving violation points;
  • Check CDL Self Certification and Medical Documents status;
  • Get suspension information.

Other Services Available

  • Immediately create a secure user account and track updates to your license status;
  • Conduct multiple services at one time;
  • View and/or download a copy of your driving history (MVR);
  • Request a certified driving history (MVR);
  • Pay 'Failure to Appear' fee or reinstate a 'Failure to Appear' suspension;
  • Pay 'Super Speeder' fee or reinstate a 'Super Speeder' suspension;
  • Take a practice written test for a regular driver's license;
  • Download the most recent version of the Drivers Manual;
  • Complete and Submit form to DDS before arriving for service.
  • Apply for For-Hire license endorsement;
  • Register for a Motorcycle Safety course.

Note

Some online services are available if all requirements are met, including completion of Real ID requirements (see information under the heading "Real ID Documentation Requirements" for details).

Address Change

  • You must update your record with DDS anytime your address changes. DDS correspondence will not be forwarded to new addresses by the U.S. Postal Service.
  • If you have moved, you must visit a DDS Customer Service Center within 60 days to update your mailing and/or residential address, or you may visit our website to change your address. If you change your address in person, you must provide proof of the change in address. If you change your address online, your new address will be verified through USPS.

Name Change

  • Name changes must be completed in person at a DDS Customer Service Center;
  • If you change your name by marriage or other legal action, you must obtain a new license showing the correct name within 60 days. A free replacement license valid for the current term will be issued once in a license term;
  • In order to change your name on your license or identification card, you must present a certified copy of a marriage license application (if the marriage occurred in Georgia), marriage license, state-issued marriage certificate, or court-ordered name change;
  • You may change to a hyphenated surname on your license or identification card if the marriage occurred in the State of Georgia on or after November 1, 1982. A certified copy of the marriage license application reflecting the selection of the hyphenated surname must be presented at the time of the request.

Motor Vehicle Reports (MVR)

MVRs are available in 3-year, 7-year, or lifetime formats. A 3 year report is $6.00; a 7 year report is $8.00. A lifetime report is $8.00. Individuals may obtain a copy of their MVR in any of the following ways:

  1. Via Internet
    • A non-certified copy of your Motor Vehicle Report (MVR) can be downloaded by using DDS Online Services. Please visit the DDS website for further details. You will be required to create an account if you have not already done so.
  2. In Person
    • A certified copy of your Motor Vehicle Report (MVR) can be purchased in person at any DDS Customer Service Center. Proper identification will be required.
    • If obtaining a motor vehicle report other than your own, the following is required:
      • Completion of the Request for MVR form (DDS-18) from the licensee naming the person authorized to receive the record, including the full name, date of birth, and Georgia driver's license number of the licensee;
      • The person receiving the report for another individual must also show proper identification.
  3. Via Mail
    • You can obtain a certified copy of your MVR by submitting the Request for MVR form (DDS-18) OR a letter requesting either a 3-year, 7-year, or lifetime MVR, including the following:
      • Your full name as it appears on your driver's license;
      • Driver's license number;
      • Date of birth; and
      • Complete mailing address.

Requests may be mailed to: Georgia Department of Driver Services, MVR Request, Post Office Box 80447, Conyers, Georgia 30013. When requesting a MVR, please include a money order, cashier's check, or personal check made payable to the Department of Driver Services in the amount of $6.00 for a 3-year or $8.00 for a 7-year or lifetime MVR.

Selective Service Registration

At the time of any license or identification card transaction, DDS is required to ask males age 18 whether they have registered with the U.S. Selective Service System and to report the responses to the U.S. Selective Service System.

Blindness Donation

When you obtain your driver's license, permit, or ID, you will have the opportunity to make a voluntary donation of $1 to Georgia's Blindness Education, Screening, and Treatment Program, which is administered by the Georgia Department of Public Health. Donations currently fund vision programs which provide screenings to save children's vision, eye exams for needy adults, training for people who have lost vision, and public education about eye donation. Your voluntary donation will be added to the total cost of your service.

Organ and Tissue Donation

The Donate Life Georgia Organ, Tissue and Eye Donor Registry was created in 2008 to allow Georgians an easy and user-friendly means of joining the state's donor registry. Georgians can join the registry through the website, when renewing their driver license or ID online, or when obtaining/renewing their license or ID at a lo­cal DDS Customer Service Center. You can also join the Donor Registry by calling Donate Life Georgia directly at 1-866-57-SHARE (1-866-577-4273) and requesting a donor registry form.

Other things to Remember:

  • Organ donation can occur only after every measure has been taken to save your life, and only after death has been legally and medically declared;
  • Georgia law prohibits the physician who de­clares a patient dead from participating in the removal or transplantation of that patient's donated organs or tissues;
  • There is no cost to the donor's family for any expenses related to organ tissue/eye donation. Also, there is no delay in funeral arrangements;
  • Georgia law requires hospitals to notify an organ/tissue/eye recovery center when a donation is possible;
  • Recipients are selected by urgency of need, compatibility of blood type, body size, and tissue type, regardless of sex, race or creed.

More information concerning organ and tissue donation can be found at www.organdonor.gov.

GSFA Donation

DDS offers the opportunity to make a voluntary charitable contribution of $1, $5, or $10 to the Georgia Student Finance Authority (GSFA) during the license issuance or renewal process. Pursuant to HB 54 (2016), this donation will help to provide financial assistance toward the post-secondary educational costs of the children of law enforcement officers, firefighters, paramedics, emergency medical technicians, and prison guards employed by the state or other public employer who were permanently disabled or killed in the line of duty. The children of High-way Emergency Response Operators who were permanently disabled or killed in the line of duty are also included.