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Coverage Chart
United States Canada
Drivers License Machine Readable Technologies for U.S. Jurisdictions (June
2019)
| Jurisdiction | Magnetic Stripe | 2D Barcode | Radio Frequency | Notes |
| Alabama | Yes | Yes | Mag Added June 2005 | |
| Alaska | Yes | |||
| Arizona | Yes | Yes | ||
| Arkansas | Yes | Yes | ||
| California | Yes | Yes | 2D Added 2009 | |
| Colorado | Yes | Yes | ||
| Connecticut | Yes | |||
| Delaware | Yes | |||
| District of Columbia | Yes | |||
| Florida | Yes | 2D Added 2004 – Mag Stripe Removed by 8/1/2019 | ||
| Georgia | Yes | Encrypted Prior 11/2009 | ||
| Hawaii | Yes | |||
| Idaho | Yes | |||
| Illinois | Yes | Encrypted Prior 6/2013 – TokenWorks Can Decrypt pre 6/13 | ||
| Indiana | Yes | |||
| Iowa | Yes | 2D Barcode (Removed Magnetic Stripe in 2010) | ||
| Kansas | Yes | Yes | 2D Added May 2004 | |
| Kentucky | Yes | |||
| Louisiana | Yes | Yes | ||
| Maine | Yes | |||
| Maryland | Yes | 2D Added and Mag Removed in 2004 | ||
| Massachusetts | Yes | |||
| Michigan | Yes | Yes | Yes** | 2D Added 3/2011 – Mag Stripe has only 3 fields – DOB, Expiration, DL Number. 2D has all fields. |
| Military IDs – Both Dependent/Retired and CAC | Yes | |||
| Minnesota | Yes | Yes | 2D added in 2004 and had only full name, DOB, DL Number until upgraded in 8/2018. Mag has all fields. RF EDL added 2/2014. | |
| Mississippi | Yes | Yes | ||
| Missouri | Yes | |||
| Montana | Yes | 2008 Switched from Mag to 2D | ||
| Nebraska | Yes | |||
| Nevada | Yes | |||
| New Hampshire | Yes | Yes | 2D added in May 2008 | |
| New Jersey | Yes | |||
| New Mexico | Yes | Yes | 2D added in 2008 | |
| New York | Yes | Yes** | ||
| North Carolina | Yes | Pre 2007 Encrypted – TokenWorks has Decryption Algorithm | ||
| North Dakota | Yes | |||
| Ohio | Yes | Yes | Added 2D Barcode 4/2009 | |
| Oklahoma | Yes | |||
| Oregon | Yes | |||
| Pennsylvania | Yes | Removed Magnetic Stripe as of June 17th 2017 | ||
| Rhode Island | Yes | |||
| South Carolina | Yes | Yes | ||
| South Dakota | Yes | |||
| Tennessee | Yes | |||
| Texas | Yes | Yes | Added 2D barcode April 2009 | |
| Utah | Yes | |||
| Vermont | Yes | Yes | Yes** | |
| Virginia | Yes | |||
| Washington | Yes | Yes** | ||
| West Virginia | Yes | |||
| Wisconsin | Yes | Switched from Mag to Barcode in Sept. 2005 | ||
| Wyoming | Yes | |||
| U.S. Dept. of State | Yes | |||
| Totals: | 16 | 53 | 4 |
* Found only on older versions. ** Enhanced DL/ID only. Canada
Technologies for Canadian Jurisdictions (Aug 2018)
| Jurisdiction | None | Magnetic Stripe | 2D Barcode | Radio Frequency | Notes |
| Alberta | Yes | Partially Encrypted Prior 2007 | |||
| British Columbia | Yes | Yes | Yes* | 2D Barcode Added 2/2009 | |
| Manitoba | Yes | Yes* | 2D Barcode from 2008 | ||
| New Brunswick | Yes | ||||
| Newfoundland | Yes | ||||
| Northwest Territories | Yes | ||||
| Nova Scotia | Yes | 2D Barcode from 2006 | |||
| Nunavut | Yes | ||||
| Ontario | Yes | Yes | Yes* | 2D Barcode from 2007 | |
| Prince Edward Island | Yes | ||||
| Quebec | Yes | Yes* | 2D Barcode from 2009 | ||
| Saskatchewan | Yes | ||||
| Yukon Territory | Yes | New License in 2010 | |||
| Totals: | 2 | 13 | 4 |
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