North America Driver License and Identification

Overview

The AAMVA DL/ID Card Design Standard specified by the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA) defines how to encode machine-readable information in PDF417 and magnetic stripe.

Dynamsoft Code Parser supports all versions of the AAMVA DL/ID specification (2000, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016) and specifies two code types:

AAMVA_DL_ID
AAMVA_DL_ID_WITH_MAG_STRIPE

Fields

The exposed fields for each code type is defined as below:

AAMVA_DL_ID Fields

Field Name	Description
CodeType	Code type, always has value “AAMVA_DL_ID”
AAMVAVersionNumber	AAMVA Version Number
issuerIdentificationNumber	Issuer Identification Number (IIN)
jurisdictionVersionNumber	Jurisdiction Version Number
fullName	Full name of cardholder Present in version 1 (2000)
lastName	Last name of cardholder
givenName	Given name of cardholder
firstName	First name of cardholder
middleName	Middle name of cardholder
suffix	Name suffix
prefix	Name prefix
street_1	Street portion of the cardholder address
street_2	Second line of street portion of the cardholder address
city	City portion of the cardholder address
jurisdictionCode	State portion of the cardholder address
postalCode	Postal code portion of the cardholder address
residenceStreet_1	Driver Residence Street Address 1 Present in version 1 (2000)
residenceStreet_2	Driver Residence Street Address 2 Present in version 1 (2000)
residenceCity	Driver Residence City Present in version 1 (2000)
residenceJurisdictionCode	Driver Residence Jurisdiction Code Present in version 1 (2000)
residencePostalCode	Driver Residence Postal Code Present in version 1 (2000)
licenseNumber	License/ID Number
vehicleClass	Jurisdiction-specific vehicle class / Driver License Classification Code
restrictionCode	Jurisdiction-specific codes that represent restrictions to driving privileges
endorsementsCode	Jurisdiction-specific codes that represent additional privileges granted to the cardholder beyond the vehicle class
heightInCentimeters	Height in centimeters Present in version 1 (2000)
height	Height of cardholder
weightInKilograms	weight in kilograms
weightInPounds	weight in pounds
eyeColor	Eye Color
hairColor	Hair color
expirationDate	Expiration Date
birthDate	Date of Birth
sex	Sex
issuedDate	Date on which the document was issued
issueTimestamp	Issue Timestamp used by some jurisdictions to validate the document against their data base
numberOfDuplicates	Number of duplicate cards issued for a license or ID if any
medicalIndicator	Medical Indicator/Codes
organDonorIndicator	Indicator that the cardholder is an organ donor
nonResidentIndicator	Non-Resident Indicator
customerIdentifier	Unique Customer Identifier
socialSecurityNumber	Social Security Number
alternativeBirthDate	Driver ‘AKA’ Date Of Birth
alternativeSocialSecurityNumber	Driver ‘AKA’ Social Security Number
nameAlias	Driver ‘AKA’ Name
lastNameAlias	Alias/’AKA’ Last Name
givenNameAlias	Alias/’AKA’ Given Name
firstNameAlias	Alias/’AKA’ First Name
middleNameAlias	Alias/’AKA’ Middle Name
suffixAlias	Alias/’AKA’ Suffix
prefixAlias	Alias/’AKA’ Prefix
permitClassificationCode	Driver Permit Classification Code
permitExpirationDate	Driver Permit Expiration Date
permitIdentifier	Permit Identifier
permitIssuedDate	Driver Permit Issue Date
permitRestrictionCode	Driver Permit Restriction Code
permitEndorsementCode	Driver Permit Endorsement Code
weightRange	Indicates the approximate weight range of the cardholder
documentDiscriminator	Document Discriminator Number
issuingCountry	Country in which DL/ID is issued
federalCommercialVehicleCodes	Federal Commercial Vehicle Codes
birthPlace	Place of birth
auditInfomation	Audit information
inventoryControlNumber	Inventory control number
race	Codes for race or ethnicity of the cardholder
standardVehicleClassification	Standard vehicle classification code(s)
standardEndorsementsCode	Standard endorsement code(s)
standardRestrictionCode	Standard restriction code(s)
vehicleCodeDescription	Jurisdiction-specific vehicle classification description
endorsementsCodeDescription	Jurisdiction-specific endorsement code description
restrictionCodeDescription	Jurisdiction-specific restriction code description
complianceType	Compliance Type, ‘F’ = fully compliant and ‘N’ = non-compliant.
cardRevisionDate	Card Revision Date
hazmatEndorsementExpirationDate	Date on which the hazardous material endorsement granted by the document is no longer valid
limitedDurationDocumentIndicator	Limited Duration Document Indicator
familyNameTruncation	Family name truncation. A code that indicates whether a field has been truncated (T), has not been truncated (N), or –unknown whether truncated (U)
firstNameTruncation	First name truncation. A code that indicates whether a field has been truncated (T), has not been truncated (N), or –unknown whether truncated (U)
middleNameTruncation	Middle name truncation. A code that indicates whether a field has been truncated (T), has not been truncated (N), or –unknown whether truncated (U)
under18Until	Date on which the cardholder turns 18 years old
under19Until	Date on which the cardholder turns 19 years old
under21Until	Date on which the cardholder turns 21 years old
veteranIndicator	Indicator that the cardholder is a veteran
jurisdictionSubfiles	Jurisdiction-Specific Fields

AAMVA_DL_ID_WITH_MAG_STRIPE Fields

Field Name	Description
CodeType	Code type, always has value “AAMVA_DL_ID_WITH_MAG_STRIPE”
track1	Information in track 1
stateOrProvince	Mailing or residential code
city	City portion of the cardholder address
name	Full name of cardholder
address	Mailing address
LRCforTrack1	Longitudinal redundancy check used to verify the data of field `track1`
track2	Information in track 2
ISOIIN	The assigned identification number from ISO
DLorID_Number	The DL/ID number assigned by each jurisdiction
expirationDate	Date of expiry
expirationYear	Year of expiry
expirationMonth	Month of expiry
birthDate	Date of birth
birthYear	Year of birth
birthMonth	Month of birth
birthDay	Day of birth
DLorID_NumberOverflow	Overflow for DL/ID number longer than 13 characters
LRCforTrack2	Longitudinal redundancy check used to verify the data of field `track2`
track3	Information in track 3
magStripeVersion	The version level of the mag stripe format
jurisdictionVersion	The jurisdiction version level of the mag stripe format
postalCode	Postal code
class	Represents the type of DL (ANSI codes modified for CDLIS)
restrictions	Restrictions
endorsements	Endorsements
sex	Sex
height	Height
weight	Weight
hairColor	Hair Color
eyeColor	Eye Color
discretionaryData1	Discretionary data for use by each jurisdiction
discretionaryData2	Discretionary data for use by each jurisdiction
securityFunction	Discretionary data for use by each jurisdiction
LRCforTrack3	Longitudinal redundancy check used to verify the data of field `track3`