Stewarding Matters

Stewarding your driver's license

Your driver's license, and any permit or endorsement that lets you drive for a platform.

This guide goes with the Driver Authorization Recipe. Everything here is a suggestion: keep what helps, and leave the rest.

In short

  • Name it: My driver's license.

  • Know it: the number, who issued it, and when it expires.

  • Connections: the DMV or licensing office, and every platform that holds a copy.

  • Contents: the card, a photo of both sides, renewal notices — and where each one is.

  • Needs: the renewal, an address change, and any permit's own renewal.

Know what you know

The Recipe asks three things. What is its number? Who issued it: the DMV, a licensing office, an agency? When does it expire?

Connections

Contents, and where they are

What

Where it often lives

The card

your wallet

A photo of both sides

your phone

Renewal notices

the mail, or email

A Technique others use: photograph both sides of the card, so you have the number and the expiration date when the card isn't with you.

Needs

  • The renewal. The date is on the card. Some states let you renew online; others need a visit. Come back to it well before the date.

  • An address change. Most states expect you to update your address when you move.

  • Platform updates. When your license renews, platforms usually ask for the new one.

  • Permits and endorsements. Some cities and airports require an extra permit to drive for a platform. Each has its own date.

  • If you fly: whether your license is REAL ID–compliant.

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