Renew your driver's license in Mississippi

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Renew a Mississippi driver's license or ID card: you may renew online only every other time, and if it has expired more than 60 months you need all documents and a driver's license means retaking the knowledge exam.

Your situation

Which describes you?
Online or in person
Yes, if eligible · Not requiredLicenses and ID cards not expired for more than 12 months can renew online or at a Driver Service station. You can renew at a Driver Service station instead if you prefer. The agency highly recommends an appointment.
Cost
Driver license: $24 (4-year) or $47 (8-year)Regular Class R renewal fees. ID card renewal: $17 (4-year) or $33 (8-year). For renewing at a Driver Service station the agency states a $1.00 late fee will apply (fee table: Late Renewal Fee $1.00). Fees are cash, debit or credit; no personal checks.

Your plan

  1. Gather your documents

  2. Check your timing

    A driver may renew a driver's license anytime within six months of expiration.

    Renewal rules on the Driver Service Bureau site ↗

  3. Renew online

    Use the DPS Driver Self-Service Portal to renew your driver's license or ID card.

    DPS Driver Self-Service Portal ↗

  4. Military members

    A member of the U.S. armed forces who had a current Mississippi license when it expired and was out of state on active duty may renew within 90 days of being released from active duty or returning to the state, without a late fee or exam. Affidavits must attest to the military service and the discharge or return date. The department may still deny this if it has a valid reason to believe you are no longer eligible for a license.

Common reasons people get turned away

  • You may renew online only every other time; after an online renewal you must go to a Driver Service station.
  • Expired more than 60 months: all documents are required and driver's licenses must retake the knowledge (written) exam.
  • Non-US citizens cannot renew online and must be within 30 days of expiration to renew.
  • Residency documents must show your name and a Mississippi address; P.O. boxes are not accepted.

Offices that renew driver's licenses

You can renew online or at a Driver Service station, where you take a new photograph and complete the renewal application. The Gulfport airport office is by appointment only and handles duplicates and renewals only. Agency source.

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

Largest cities with them: Jackson (1)

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

We wrote this plan ourselves from the official pages above on the date shown. Agencies change rules without notice: the official page always wins. DMV Decoded is independent and not a government agency; we don't book appointments or take payments.