You asked if nondriver photo identification cards issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) have expiration dates printed on them, why DMV does not notify holders when they are going to expire, why they cannot be renewed at AAA offices like drivers licenses can be, and if the DMV has any plans to begin providing expiration notices in the future.

The law prior to 1995 did not require nondriver photo identification cards issued by DMV to bear an expiration date. PA 95-260 revised several aspects of the law, one of which was to establish a four-year period of validity and require the expiration date to be placed on the card (CGS § 1-1h). The law does not explicitly require DMV to provide notice of expiration to card holders as it does for drivers' licenses and Heather Donaldson, DMV legislative liaison, indicated that they have never mailed such notices.

She also indicated that DMV has not allowed nondriver photo identification cards to be issued or renewed at AAA offices because it wanted to carefully control the types of documents that needed to be provided for proof of identity and residency. DMV is reviewing both of these policies with respect to nondriver identification cards but there are apparently no immediate plans for changing them.

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