Illinois Secretary of State

Imagine getting a text from the DMV claiming your license is about to be suspended. Sounds official, right? But it’s a scam trying to trick you.

You may remember the Illinois Tollway issuing several alerts for the very same reason: phony texts and/or emails that seem to be from state government--but aren't. If you follow the instructions in the text/email, you're going to lose some money and give the scammers potentially damaging personal information.

Planning to board a flight? Discover why the REAL ID is a must post-May 7, but don’t panic if you don’t have one yet.

Illinois Secretary of State opens select DMVs for Illinois residents to get their REAL ID before the deadline.

It seems as if the Real ID deadline gets moved every year but it's coming for real this time. The Real ID deadline is May 7. Have you booked your appointment? Discover a quicker and easier way to get one before the end of February.

Internet trends have a heavy influence on kids these days, and it really shows after reading the list of Illinois' most rejected license plate requests in 2024.

A new way of renewing your driver's license has come to Illinois.

You'd think that this would be an easily answered question. If my plate, or plates were stolen, I'd probably think of myself as being the victim in that scenario. However, an Aurora man found out that things sometimes are just not that clear-cut.

The Illinois Secretary of State's office has rejected over 50,000 vanity plate requests in the past five years and some are too good to ignore.

Isn't it nice when you have an extremely long list of things that you need to get done and somebody tells you to go ahead and scratch an item off of your list because they're going to go ahead and give you some extra time?