AAMVA CDS Versions

AAMVA DL/ID Card Design Standards

The American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA) DL/ID Card Design Standards document provides a standard for the design of driver licenses (DL) and identification (ID) cards issued by AAMVA member jurisdictions. The intent of the standard is to improve the security of the DL/ID cards issued by AAMVA’s members and to improve the level of interoperability among cards issued by all jurisdictions. AAMVA respects the fact that each jurisdiction’s laws and regulations determine its driver license issuance process and its associated card requirements. As a result, the intent of this document is to provide jurisdictions with guidance on the driver license/ID card design standards in order to provide a reliable source of identification and, at the same time, reduce a cardholder’s exposure to identity theft and fraud.

AAMVA Barcode Version

This is a decimal value between 00 and 99 that specifies the version level of the PDF417 barcode format. Should a need arise requiring major revision to the format, this field provides the means to accommodate additional revisions.

Version 0 and 00

Reserved for barcodes printed to the specification of the AAMVA prior to the adoption of the AAMVA DL/ID-2000 standard.

Version 01

All barcodes compliant with the AAMVA DL/ID-2000 standard are designated Version "01".

Version 02

All barcodes compliant with AAMVA Card Design Specification version 1.0, dated 09-2003 shall be designated Version "02".

Version 03

All barcodes compliant with AAMVA Card Design Specification version 2.0, dated 03-2005 shall be designated Version "03".

Version 04

All barcodes compliant with AAMVA Card Design Standard version 3.0, dated 07- 2009 shall be designated Version "04".

Version 05

All barcodes compliant with AAMVA Card Design Standard version 4.0, dated 07-2010 shall be designated Version "05".

Version 06

All barcodes compliant with AAMVA Card Design Standard version 5.0, dated 07-2011 shall be designated Version "06".

Version 07

All barcodes compliant with AAMVA Card Design Standard version 6.0, dated 06-2012 shall be designated Version "07".

Version 08

All barcodes compliant with AAMVA Card Design Standard version 7.0, dated 08-2013 shall be designated Version "08".

Version 09

All barcodes compliant with AAMVA Card Design Standard version 8.0, dated 09-2016 shall be designated Version "09".

Version 10

All barcodes compliant with the latest AAMVA Card Design Standard version 9.0, dated 10-2020 shall be designated "10".