Renew your driver's license in Pennsylvania

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Renew a Pennsylvania driver's license online, by mail or at an online messenger, then take your camera card to a Photo License Center for the new card; the stated renewal fees.

Your situation

How old are you?
Online or in person
Start online, then a photo center visit · For the new photo licensePennDOT says that if there are no corrections or changes, other than a change of address, you can renew online. Commercial licenses, licenses expired 6 months or more and Valid without Photo licenses can't renew online. After you renew, a camera card comes by mail. Take it and another ID to a Photo License Center to get your new license. The agency's pages do not say whether an appointment is needed.
Cost
$39.50, four-year licenseThe fees page lists the four-year license renewal at $39.50. The fees page also lists other amounts (for example, with a motorcycle).
You leave with
Camera card, then new licenseA camera card is mailed within 14 days after an online renewal, or within seven to ten working days after a mailed form is processed.

Your plan

  1. Gather your documents

    • Show accepted documents (bring 1)
      • Pennsylvania driver's license or Photo ID card
      • Documents: Passport, Passport Card, Citizenship or Naturalization or Weapons Permit
      • Photographic ID: Military, Bank, Employee, School or Out-of-State License
      • Non-photo: Voter's Registration, Medicare Card, PA Learner's Permit, Temporary Driver's License or Vehicle Registration (PennDOT says it may be able to serve you with these.)
    • Show accepted documents (bring 2)
      • Invitation to Renew (DL60A/DL60R) or Form DL-143
      • Check or money order

  2. Pick the one that fits you:

    1. Option 1: Renew online

      If there are no corrections or changes, other than a change of address, you can renew your driver's license online. PennDOT sends an invitation to renew three months before expiration.

      Online Driver Services (PennDOT) ↗

    2. Option 2: Renew by mail

      Use your Invitation to Renew (DL60A/DL60R) or download Form DL-143, and return it with a check or money order for the fee shown on the form.

      Renew a Driver's License (PennDOT) ↗

  3. Wait for your camera card

    After an online renewal it arrives within 14 days. After a mailed form is processed it arrives within seven to ten working days. If it has not come within ten days, contact PennDOT with your driver's license number.

  4. Get your photo license

    Take the camera card and another ID to a Photo License Center. PennDOT says demand for photo services peaks at the start and end of each month.

    Find a PennDOT location ↗

Common reasons people get turned away

  • Commercial licenses, licenses expired 6 months or more, licenses whose information on file is not current and Valid without Photo licenses can't be renewed online.
  • PennDOT says an expired license within six months of expiration can be renewed unless it is a Commercial Driver's License or not currently valid (suspended, revoked, disqualified, cancelled).
  • If you have not reconciled an outstanding sanction in another state, PennDOT can't issue you any driver's license product.
  • The class of your license can't be changed online.

Offices that renew driver's licenses

PennDOT says you can renew online, by mail, or at any online messenger service office, and that the camera card is taken to a Driver License and Photo License Center for the new photo license. Its services-offered page and Find a Location page list renewal as 'Online and Online Messengers', not at Driver License Centers; the REAL ID FAQ says 'in person' without naming where. Agency source.

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

Largest cities with them: Philadelphia (5) · Pittsburgh (1) · Allentown (2) · Lancaster (2)

28 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

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.