# Does your state give out licenses/ID's on the same day you apply? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 17, 2004, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-state-give-out-licenses-ids-on-the-same-day-you-apply/275204 "2004-11-17T04:58:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2004, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-state-give-out-licenses-ids-on-the-same-day-you-apply/275204/41 "2004-11-18T19:05:26Z")
New Hampshire and Vermont are both same-visit service. ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2004, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-state-give-out-licenses-ids-on-the-same-day-you-apply/275204/42 "2004-11-18T19:31:31Z")
Georgia and Louisiana both do licenses on the spot. California didn’t when I got my license there in '94, and I can’t imagine that they’ve changed that, because on-the-spot licenses make actual sense. ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2004, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-state-give-out-licenses-ids-on-the-same-day-you-apply/275204/43 "2004-11-18T19:59:35Z")
DC: same day. California: in the mail. ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2004, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-state-give-out-licenses-ids-on-the-same-day-you-apply/275204/44 "2004-11-18T20:23:11Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > Both Indiana and Kansas are same day. Some DMVs in Kansas do same day, but now that they’ve switched to the new design some places send them to a centralized location so all licenses look the same. Some still print them in shop, though, so I’m not sure how this centralization is supposed to work. The new design is weird. If you’re under 21, all the info is vertical, over 21, horizontal like the old ones. ---
**Author:** ![Abbie\_Carmichael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@Abbie\_Carmichael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abbie_Carmichael)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2004, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-state-give-out-licenses-ids-on-the-same-day-you-apply/275204/45 "2004-11-18T23:04:28Z")
One-stop shopping here in West Virginia and also in Kentucky, where I grew up. ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-state-give-out-licenses-ids-on-the-same-day-you-apply/275204/46 "2004-11-20T07:41:53Z")
yes ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2004, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-state-give-out-licenses-ids-on-the-same-day-you-apply/275204/47 "2004-11-21T22:15:43Z")
Quick bump. Anyone know if Texas is a same day state? I’ll be living there four weeks from today! ---
**Author:** ![Jammer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df705f/32.png) [@Jammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jammer)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2004, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-state-give-out-licenses-ids-on-the-same-day-you-apply/275204/48 "2004-11-21T23:11:13Z")
North Carolina is one-stop shopping as well. Thanks for reminding me, I need to renew within the next several weeks. Jammer [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-state-give-out-licenses-ids-on-the-same-day-you-apply/275204.md?page=2)