What is a horizontal license?
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automotive
auto insurance
Vertical (portrait mode) licenses are issued to drivers under 21. Horizontal (landscape mode) licenses are issued to drivers over 21. When you turn 21, your license is still valid, and you can now do those things that only 21+ can do, even with a vertical license.
Regarding this, what does a horizontal license mean?
Typically in most states a vertical liscense is for minors AND those under 21 while a horizontal liscense is for those over 21.
Simply so, do you have to get a horizontal ID when you turn 21?
When you turn 21, you may continue to use your driver license or identification card with the special vertical orientation. However, you are eligible to obtain a replacement license with the regular horizontal orientation without the under-21 designation.
There are so few states that don't even issue vertical I.D.s. They just issue horizontal I.D.s to everybody. All a vertical I.D. truly means is that someone was a minor when it was issued, and that's true in any state because they don't issue those to of-age people.