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Go
Online, Not In Line, to Renew Your Driver License
Texas Online
Computers
across the state of Texas have become Driver License offices
thanks to the new DPS Express Service.
Texans
who qualify can renew their driver licenses and ID cards over
the Internet or by telephone, charging the renewal fees to
a credit card. (Users are charged a $1 convenience fee in
addition to the fee for their license or identification card.)
Address changes can also be handled during the online renewal
process.
The
online system is secure, available in Spanish and was designed
to handle a large number of transactions simultaneously. The
systems and infrastructure are designed to allow for additional
Department services to be added in the future.
"We're
pleased that we can now offer the citizens of Texas a convenient
way to renew their driver licenses 24 hours a day, seven days
a week," said Col. Thomas A. Davis Jr., director of the
DPS.
About
80,000 drivers per month take advantage of the current mail
renewal process. That number is expected to grow with the
new system-reducing the number of drivers who visit driver
license offices to take care of routine business.
DPS
hopes to have at least 40 percent of total renewals eventually
take place via the Internet, phone system or mail-an increase
of about 15 percent over present numbers.
Once
accessed, the service notifies those who do not qualify for
online renewal. That includes anyone who used the mail renewal
their last renewal cycle and those who have no digital photo
on file with DPS. You must be within one year of the expiration
date to renew your license or ID card.
The
online license renewal is located on the DPS web site (www.txdps.state.tx.us),
as well as the state's e-business Web portal (www.texasonline.com).
Those preferring to renew their driver license or ID over
the telephone may call a special toll-free number, 1-866-DLRENEW
(357-3639).
Courtesy
of the Texas Department of Public Safety
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