New look driver licenses, permits and ID cards coming
WYDOT will begin issuing driver licenses, identification cards and concealed weapons permits with a new look and additional security features beginning Aug. 31 in the Cheyenne area, and throughout the rest of the state by the end of September.
The new format retains the bucking horse and script Wyoming logos on the front of the card, and adds the state flag and a background photo of the Tetons. The back of the cards will continue to carry a scannable barcode for all the information from the front of the card.
A ghost image of the cardholder’s photo will continue to appear in a second area of the card. Other new 
security features will not be readily visible to the cardholder.
security features will not be readily visible to the cardholder. WYDOT Driver Services will roll out the new format in phases beginning in Cheyenne and followed by Torrington on Sept. 1 and Wheatland on Sept. 8. The rollout will continue moving to the west and north until all Driver Services offices are on the system by the end of the September.
In addition to the new security features on the cards themselves, there will be improved security in the production of the new cards. They will be printed by Marquis ID Systems at a secure facility in Fort Wayne, Ind., saving WYDOT the expense of creating its own secure facility.
The change is not expected to increase the projected mail delivery time required for the new cards to reach the cardholder’s home.
