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Beginning May 7, 2025, New Jersey residents must have a Real ID compliant driver license or identification card to fly within the United States.
REAL ID is the new federal requirement for state-issued driver licenses and non-driver IDs to help prevent fraudulent identification.
Some states listed have "stop and ID" laws which may or may not require someone to identify themself during an investigative detention. While Wisconsin statutes allow law enforcement officers to "demand" ID, there is no statutory requirement to provide them ID nor is there a penalty for refusing to; hence Wisconsin is not a must ID state. [26]
In New Jersey, anyone seeking to purchase (but not to possess or use at exempt locations) [13] [14] [15] firearms is required to obtain a lifetime Firearm Purchaser Identification card, commonly referred to as FPIC, for the purchase of rifles and shotguns.
The driver's license, which is issued by each individual state, operates as the de facto national identity card due to the ubiquity of driving in the United States. Each state also issues a non-driver state identity card which fulfills the same identification functions as the driver's license, but does not permit the operation of a motor vehicle.
The Real ID Act of 2005 created federal requirements for driver's licenses and ID cards issued by states and was originally supposed to take effect in 2008. The deadline was extended several times ...
The Real ID Act of 2005 (stylized as REAL ID Act of 2005) is an Act of Congress that establishes requirements that driver licenses and identification cards issued by U.S. states and territories must satisfy to be accepted for accessing federal government facilities, nuclear power plants, and for boarding airline flights in the United States.
When is the Real ID deadline? Currently, the Real ID deadline is set for May 7, 2025. That means that as of May 8, 2025, all domestic flight travelers will need a Real ID as identification to get ...