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States with special license requirements for older drivers:

ALASKA: No renewal (search) by mail for drivers 69 and older.

ARIZONA: Drivers 65 and older must reapply for license every five years and take vision test (search) or submit test verification if reapplying by mail; no reapplication by mail for drivers 70 and older.

CALIFORNIA: No renewal by mail for drivers 70 and older.

COLORADO: Renewal every five years (instead of 10) for drivers 61 and older; no mail renewal for drivers 70 and older.

FLORIDA: Starting in 2004, drivers 80 and older must take a vision test in person or submit test verification when renewing by mail.

HAWAII: Renewal every two years (instead of six) for drivers 72 and older.

IDAHO: Renewal every four years for drivers 63 and older; drivers 21-62 have choice of four-year or eight-year license.

ILLINOIS: Renewal every two years (instead of four) for drivers 81-86; renewal every year for drivers 87 and older; renewal applicants 75 and older must take a road test.

INDIANA: Renewal every three years (instead of four) for drivers 75 and older.

IOWA: Renewal every two years (instead of five) for drivers 70 and older.

KANSAS: Renewal every four years (instead of six) for drivers 65 and older.

LOUISIANA: No mail renewal for drivers 70 and older.

MAINE: Renewal every four years (instead of six) for drivers 65 and older; vision test required for first renewal after 40th birthday and at every second renewal until 62; vision test at every renewal for those 62 and older.

MISSOURI: Renewal every three years (instead of six) for drivers 70 and older.

MONTANA: Renewal every four years (instead of eight) for drivers 75 and older.

NEVADA: Drivers 70 and older renewing by mail must include medical report.

NEW HAMPSHIRE: Drivers 75 and older must take road test for renewal.

NEW MEXICO: Renewal every four years (instead of eight) for drivers 75 and older and drivers who would turn 75 in last half of standard eight-year renewal cycle.

OREGON: Vision screening (search) required every eight years for drivers 50 and older.

RHODE ISLAND: Renewal every two years (instead of five) for drivers 70 and older.

UTAH: Vision test required for drivers 65 and older.

Source: Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.