Renew your driver's license in Montana

Online or in person

Yes, if you qualify · In person if you don't qualify for online or mailOnline renewal requires US citizenship, being in the renewal timeframe, and a license that is not revoked or suspended in any state. You cannot update your photo or signature online. The agency says if you don't meet the requirements to renew online or by mail, you must renew in person; it offers appointments through its online service.

Cost

$5 a year or fraction of a year (state law)This is the statutory fee for a non-commercial driver's license; a renewal notice is 50 cents. The agency's fee page was not read, so check it for the current fee. By mail, the fee depends on your age on the expiration date (fee table on the agency page).

You leave with

90-day temporary license, then the card by mailIn person: a temporary license valid for 90 days, and the new license by mail in approximately 2-4 weeks. By mail: a temporary paper license within 3-10 days of the application reaching headquarters, and the permanent license within 2-6 weeks.

Your plan

1. Gather your documents

   • Your expiring Montana driver license (in person)
     If you do not have it, you must provide proof of identity (see the agency's required documents page).
     Show accepted documents (bring 1)

     • Expiring Montana driver license
     • Proof of identity, if you do not have the expiring license
   • Documentation of name change (in person, if your name has changed) · all that apply
   • Mail-in renewal packet (by mail only) · all that apply
     Instruction page and Mail-in Renewal Non-Commercial License form (25-0100), plus a check or money order payable to MVD for the fee for your age on the expiration date.

2. Check your renewal window

   Over 21, you can renew as early as 6 months before expiration. A license can still be renewed up to 1 year after expiration, but your driving privilege expires at midnight on the expiration date and is not valid until the renewal is processed.

   Renewing Your License / ID ↗

3. Pick the one that fits you:

   1. Option 1: Renew online

      Use the agency's online service. You must be a US citizen, within the renewal timeframe, not have renewed online or by mail last time, and have no revoked or suspended license in any state.

      Montana MVD online services ↗

   2. Option 2: Renew by mail

      Download form 25-0100, enclose a check or money order payable to MVD, and mail the packet to DOJ-MVD, ATTN: Mail-In DL, P.O. Box 201430, Helena, MT 59620-1430.

      Mail-in renewal form (25-0100) ↗

   3. Option 3: Renew in person

      Bring your expiring Montana license (or proof of identity) and any name-change documents. The agency's online service has a Schedule an Appointment to Renew option.

      Schedule an appointment to renew ↗