# TSA and valid identification for domestic air travel

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tsa-and-valid-identification-for-domestic-air-travel/745525>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 8, 2016, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tsa-and-valid-identification-for-domestic-air-travel/745525 "2016-02-08T10:04:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2016, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tsa-and-valid-identification-for-domestic-air-travel/745525/21 "2016-02-09T01:26:19Z")

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> [@Spiderman](#):
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> It’s a big game of “chicken” that so far the feds have blinked as they’ve pushed the date back. I fully suspect that it will either not go live or all of the states will be compliant.

Or the definition of “compliant” be modified. Which would mightily tick off the states that actually made the effort to comply.

Of course this would be moot if there were a single universal US Citizen/Legal resident ID document issued _free of charge_, but noooooo, we can’t have _that._

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**Author:** ![Lord\_Feldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lord_feldon/32/341_2.png) [@Lord\_Feldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Feldon)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2016, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tsa-and-valid-identification-for-domestic-air-travel/745525/22 "2016-02-09T05:43:59Z")

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> [@iljitsch](#):
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> How much do you guys pay for a driver’s license or state ID card?

A drivers license in my state is $25.75 (for a new license you have to get a temporary permit first, which costs about the same). A state ID is $8.50.

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**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2016, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tsa-and-valid-identification-for-domestic-air-travel/745525/23 "2016-02-09T11:49:19Z")

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> [@Lord\_Feldon](#):
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> A drivers license in my state is $25.75 (for a new license you have to get a temporary permit first, which costs about the same). A state ID is $8.50.

Plus indirectly, if you have to provide other identity corroboration such as birth certificate and don’t have a current one in hand, the fee for that.

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**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2016, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tsa-and-valid-identification-for-domestic-air-travel/745525/24 "2016-02-09T12:49:41Z")

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> [@JRDelirious](#):
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> Plus indirectly, if you have to provide other identity corroboration such as birth certificate and don’t have a current one in hand, the fee for that.

Which can be pricy. A CA birth certificate is something like $45 online, and you have to pay for a notary to notarized the forms.

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