CA DMV Wallet

California Department of Motor Vehicles

About this app

Now live in Pilot Phase – California DMV Mobile Wallet
Californians now have a secure way to present their driver’s license or identification card using their smartphones via a Mobile Driver’s License (mDL) digital credential.

California DMV Wallet gives you the control of the driver’s license data you share with others. For example, when buying age-restricted items, the app can confirm you are of legal age without having to share your birth date or address.

With mDL in your CA DMV Wallet, you can breeze through the TSA queue at the airports using your phone. You can also enroll in the TruAge program via the Wallet Marketplace to purchase age-verified products at a corner store near you (starting with select pilot locations in California and expanding nationally). The Wallet will soon be supporting online identity verification for government and commercial applications.

Designed with California's diverse population in mind, the CA DMV Wallet open-source platform uses state-of-the-art encryption algorithms and security technologies to combat fraud and reduce identity theft while improving privacy, transparency, and access for all Californians with a smartphone.

Important note: While the mDL can be used as an official state-issued ID, per the pilot scope approved by the California legislature, you must still have a physical driver’s license or identification card with you.

For more information, please visit: https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/ca-dmv-wallet/

California DMV Wallet is free, easy, secure, and convenient

Ratings and reviews

Annoying that you need to manually refresh every few weeks; that's something that should occur automatically in the background. This isn't the type of app you open every day (at least right now)... what happens when you actually need to use it and you're in an area with no coverage. Separately, it would be even better if we didn't need to install an extra app at all. Google Wallet and Apple both support mobile licenses - CA should work towards integrating with them.

Worked fine in Beta, now just permanently stuck on "refresh." "Processing your data... This will only take a brief moment" lasts forever. It txt a verification code, but unlike 90% of apps, this on doesn't automaticly come up in the Samsung keyboard paste, so I have to switch between DMV and Msg app to read the 6 digit key, and it requires an unlock every time the app switches or the notification pull down is used. Should have just stayed Beta, it worked.

App constantly wants to re verify biometrics, even if you go to another app to check something and return immediately. Also will not process the TruAge verification. Stuck in a loop or gives an error. Tried on multiple devices, my phone (Galaxy S20) and my Tablet (ONN device, still android). Very disappointed in our state government pushing out an app that is essentially useless.

What's new

Added general updates for usability and accessibility