Renew your driver's license in Georgia

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Renew a Georgia driver's license online if it has a REAL ID star, by mail in limited cases, or at a DDS Customer Service Center, with the $32 8-year fee.

Your situation

Does your current license or ID have a gold or black star in the upper right corner?
Are you 64 or older?
Online or in person
Yes, if you qualify · Not if you qualify onlineGeorgia residents who are at least 18 and U.S. citizens, with a current GA REAL ID document, can renew in DDS Online Services or the DDS 2 GO app. Otherwise renew at any DDS Customer Service Center.
Cost
$32 for 8 yearsRegular driver's license (Class A, B, C, E, F, M). Georgia ID card: $32, 8 years. Online Services customers may get a $5.00 discount on eligible transactions, which the fee table does not include.
You leave with
Interim card, then permanent by mailDDS says the permanent card arrives within 45 days of receiving the interim document.

Your plan

  1. Gather your documents

  2. Renew online

    Log in or create a DDS Online Services account and renew, or use the DDS 2 GO app. At 64 and older, first choose "Submit Vision Documents" and upload your vision report.

    DDS renewal page ↗

  3. If you can't visit in person

    DDS offers renewal by mail for U.S. citizens in limited cases: military and their dependents stationed out of state, people attending school out of Georgia, and people working out of state (the last two only allowed for one issuance). Drivers 64 and older see DDS's Senior Drivers page.

    Mail-in renewals ↗

  4. Timing

    You can renew up to 150 days before the expiration date and no later than 2 years after it. If your license has been expired for two years or more, you must take and pass the road signs, road rules and road skills tests and a vision exam.

Common reasons people get turned away

  • A suspended, cancelled or revoked license can't be renewed; only an ID card or limited permit can be. DDS says your driving privilege must be restored first.
  • You can't renew online to remove a restriction code, or to change your height, weight, photo or other identifying information.
  • You can't renew online if your document is still being printed or mailed from a prior transaction.
  • Mailed renewals do not allow changes to your name or address; those can only be made at a Customer Service Center.

Offices that renew driver's licenses

You can renew in person at any DDS Customer Service Center. The DDS page does not say whether in-center kiosks or store kiosks handle renewals. Agency source.

69 offices where you can renew your licenseSee them on a map, search by county or show the ones open now

Largest cities with them: Atlanta (1) · Augusta (1) · Macon (1) · Savannah (1) · Athens (1)

129 more offices may be able to renew your license, but neither the office's service list nor the agency says so. They show in the search below, labelled; call before you go.

Results show offices where you can renew your license or may be able to, nearest first, each labelled.

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Sources · checked October 30, 2026

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