Identifications and drivers’ licenses issued by the North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles will have a new appearance beginning this summer.
This week new designs are being issued, with the old phased out by the end of June. The new cards are more secure to help combat fraud, with design elements including 50 new features.
According to DMV Commissioner Wayne Goodwin, they will be “among the most secure identifying documents in the world.”
A polycarbonate card, each ID or license will be completed with laser engraving technology to create embossed and debossed patterns and lettering. It will feel stiffer and make a unique metallic sound when dropped onto a hard surface.
Blue and green accents will represent the state’s rolling hills and nature, to include the state flower — the dogwood — with the North Carolina flag outlining the ID border. An image of a marbled salamander and a lighthouse are on the front, while the back features a Colonial Spanish mustang grazing along a southeastern North Carolina shoreline.
All current licenses and ID cards remain valid until the expiration date.
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