State Reminding Ohioans About REAL ID Deadline

(ONN) – Ohioans have less than a year to get a federally compliant driver’s licenses or ID needed for future air travel.

State officials say fewer than one in three Ohioans has obtained the beefed-up identification, which requires extra documents including at least two showing proof of residency.

The government will no longer recognize standard driver’s licenses and state ID cards for boarding a plane beginning on October 1st, 2020.

Travelers will need a compliant license or other compliant ID such as a passport or military ID.

Non-compliant licenses and IDs can still be used for driving and voting.

In 2005 Congress passed the Real ID Act which created a nationwide security standard for the issuance of drivers licenses.

Click here for more on the difference between a compliant and a non-compliant license.