Record Services: Change of Address or Name

You must notify DMV within 30 days if you change your address. You must provide DMV with the street address of your principal Virginia residence. A post office box or business address is not acceptable and your principal address must be in Virginia.

However, if you do not want your residence address to appear on your driver's license or photo ID card, you may provide DMV with an alternate address in addition to your residence address. This alternate address must also be in Virginia.

If you change your residence address or alternate address to a location outside Virginia, your driver's license or photo ID card will be cancelled. Exceptions may be made for some individuals such as active duty military personnel and Virginia residents employed outside Virginia.

Address change: You may visit any DMV customer service center to change your address and obtain a new vehicle registration card. You may purchase a new driver's license or photo ID card showing the address change for $5.00, or a free change of address card (for your driver's license or photo ID card) will be mailed to you.

You may also change your address by calling DMV toll-free at 1-866-DMV-LINE (368-5463), 1-800-435-5137 or online. Each time you change your address with DMV, you will have an opportunity to apply to register to vote or to change your voter registration address with the State Board of Elections.

Name change: You may change your name on your driver's license or photo ID card at any DMV customer service center. Bring the following documents, as applicable.

• Marriage certificate, license or register.
• Divorce decree if the decree states the change from married name to maiden name.
• Original or teste copy of the court order granting the name change.

Neither temporary documents nor photocopies of documents will be accepted. All documents must be originals and all documents may be subject to verification with the issuing entity prior to acceptance. DMV may require additional documents. DMV will not accept a document as proof of identity, residency or social security number when there is reason to believe it has been altered, fraudulently obtained or is fake, forged, counterfeit or otherwise non-genuine or illegitimate.

Falsifying information on a driver's license, learner's permit or photo ID card application is a criminal offense. Altering or assisting a person with improperly or fraudulently obtaining a driver's license, CDL, learner's permit or photo ID card are also criminal offenses.

The acceptable documents listed may change without prior notice.

If you are applying for a driver's license, learner's permit or identification card for the first time and your name has changed, you must present two proofs of identification, one proof of residency and proof of your social security number in addition to one of the documents listed above for proof of your name change.

If your name has changed and you currently hold a valid Virginia-issued driver's license, learner's permit or photo identification card, you must present your Virginia driver's license, learner's permit or photo identification card in addition to one of the documents listed above for proof of your name change.

If you cannot present your Virginia driver's license, learner's permit, or photo identification card, you must present one proof of identity from the primary document list in addition to one of the above listed documents for proof of name change.