Update your driver license

Choose the type of update you want to make:

• Change your address
• Change your name
• Change your gender designation

Change your address

After moving, you have 10 days to change your address on your driver license. You can change your address:

• in person at a driver licensing office. The fee to get a license with your new address is $10.
• by mail with a completed Driver License Change of Address form. We will update the address on your driving record at no charge. You will not receive a new license.

Don’t forget your vehicle registration

You may also need to change your address on your vehicle registration. Updating your address on your driver license does NOT automatically change your address on your vehicle registration.

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Change your name

If you have officially changed your name and would like your new name to appear on your driver license, bring proof of identification and the $10 fee to a driver licensing office.

What to bring with you

As proof of identification, you will be required to present a stand-alone document with your new name on it, or one of the following:

• Marriage certificate or license (original, filed copy)
• Court order (filed and certified by the court)
• Divorce decree (filed and certified by the court)
• Original birth certificate. You may use your birth certificate only to correct errors, not to revert back to a previous name.
• Other court or legal actions filed and/or registered with the responsible governmental agency of the recording country, province, state, county, or city

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Change your gender designation

If you would like to change the gender designation on your driver license or ID card to accurately reflect your identity, mail a written request to:

The request must include all of the following:

• A letter from you requesting the change in gender designation. The letter must include:
  • The name, address, and gender designation shown on your current driver license or ID card.
  • The name, address, and gender designation you want on the new driver license or ID card.
  • Your current phone number.
• A letter on official letterhead from your licensed medical, osteopathic physician or psychologist stating you have initiated the appropriate clinical treatment.
• A photocopy of your current Washington State driver license or ID card.
• If you want to change your name, you must also include an original or certified copy of your Court Ordered Name Change.

After your request is approved

If we approve your request, we will send you a letter authorizing you to change your gender designation. After you receive this authorization letter, you may visit any driver licensing office to update your records and get a new driver license or ID card. Bring along all of the following:

• The authorization letter we sent you.
• Your current driver license or ID card.
• Cash or check to pay the $10 fee.

Enhanced driver license/ID card (EDL/EID)

See Update your EDL/EID to learn how to change the gender designation on your enhanced driver license or enhanced ID card.

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