Update Washington Enhanced Drivers License (EDL)

Update your EDL/EID

Choose the type of update you want to make:

• Change your address
• Change your name
• Change your gender designation

Change your address

After moving, you have 10 days to change the address on your enhanced driver license (EDL) or enhanced ID card (EID). To change your address:

1. Visit a driver licensing office.
2. Show us your current EDL/EID.
3. Show us proof of residence with your new address on it.
4. Pay the $10 fee to get an EDL/EID with your new address.

Don’t forget your vehicle registration

You may also need to change the address on your vehicle registration. Updating the address on your EDL/EID doesn’t automatically change the address on your vehicle registration.

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Change your name

If you have officially changed your name and would like your new name to appear on your enhanced driver license (EDL) or enhanced ID card (EID):

1. Visit one of our EDL/EID office locations.
2. Show us your current EDL/EID.
3. Show us one of the following documents as proof of your name change:
   • Court order showing your change of name.
   • Divorce decree (filed and certified by the court) showing the new name or authorizing a name change.
   • Marriage certificate (including same-sex marriage certificate) that has a control or file number and has been filed with the county or authorized issuing authority. Church or wedding chapel forms aren’t acceptable. To get a certified copy of a marriage certificate:
     • from the last 4 months, contact the county auditor where the license was filed.
     • from January 1, 1968 to 4 months ago, order through the Center for Health Statistics.
     • from before January 1, 1968, contact the county auditor where you got the license.
   • Note: We cannot accept Internet printouts, temporary documents, or documents that have been altered in any way.
4. Pay the $10 fee to get an EDL/EID with your new name.

You cannot change the name on your EDL/EID by mail because Washington State law requires the license holder to apply for a new license in person at a driver licensing office. If you request a replacement license by mail when you are outside of Washington State, it will show the name currently on your license.

Don’t forget your vehicle registration

You may also need to change the name on your vehicle registration. Updating the name on your EDL/EID doesn’t automatically change the name on your vehicle registration.

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Change your gender designation

If you would like to change the gender designation on your enhanced driver license/ID card (EDL/EID) to accurately reflect your identity, mail a written request to:

The request must include all of the following:

• A letter from you requesting the change in gender designation. The letter must include:
  • The name, address, and gender designation shown on your current EDL/EID.
  • The name, address, and gender designation you want on the new EDL/EID.
  • Your current phone number.
• A certified copy of your amended birth certificate designating the new gender, or a certified letter from your attending surgeon or hospital stating your gender reassignment surgery has been completed.
• A photocopy of your current Washington EDL/EID.
• If you want to change your name, you must also include an original or certified copy of your Court Ordered Name Change.

After your request is approved

If we approve your request, we will send you a letter authorizing you to change your gender designation. After you receive this authorization letter, you may visit any driver licensing office to update your records and get a new EDL/EID. Bring along all of the following:

• The authorization letter we sent you.
• Your current EDL/EID.
• Cash or check to pay the $10 fee.

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