Adding Real-ID Offices

Daviess County Judge-Executive Al Mattingly said he is trying to get a Real ID office for Owensboro.Real ID is a federally mandated form of identification that meets new security standards for state driver’s licenses and identification cards. Beginning Oct. 1, Real ID compliant identification or certain acceptable alternatives, like a passport, will be necessary to board airplanes or visit military bases and some other federal facilities.The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet has named 12 regional Real ID offices, the Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer reports. They are in Paducah, Madisonville, Bowling Green, Elizabethtown, Louisville, Lexington, Florence, Somerset, Manchester, Jackson, Prestonsburg and Morehead

Source: MG News

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