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Oregon DMV, Driver and Motor Vehicle Services

Last updated Apr 2026

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Oregon's Driver and Motor Vehicle Services issues state IDs and driver licenses. Allows M, F, or X gender markers without medical documentation requirement. Updating chosen name on ID requires a court-ordered name change; updating gender marker does not. Critical first stop after a name change court order, DMV ID flows downstream to almost every other system the client interacts with.

Communities centered

Trans & nonbinary

Services offered

ID & documents

Eligibility

Oregon residents.

Location

Oregon DMV, Driver and Motor Vehicle Services

Multiple Portland Metro locations

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