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Indiana State Identification Card Photo Requirements
Find out whether you need to make a photo for a state ID card, where the photo is taken, and what is known about renewing or replacing the card remotely.
Sources reviewed: October 18, 2026
Should you make a photo?
Do not prepare your own photo unless the agency or your transaction instructions specifically ask for one.
This page covers a state identification card. It does not automatically apply to driver licenses, learner permits, or every exception.
Issuing agency: Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Where the photo is taken
Indiana ID cards can be handled at a BMV branch. Indiana law requires even applicants for a photo-exempt ID card to take a digital photo, which is used for facial recognition but not printed on the card; photo-exempt cards are applied for and renewed only at a branch.
Online or mail renewal and replacement
Eligible ID cards can be renewed online through myBMV or at a BMV Connect kiosk, generally every other renewal, and replaced online up to 10 times, but only when your previous photo is on file, which indicates the photo on file is used; no photo upload is offered. Name or address changes, foreign nationals, and photo-exempt cards require a branch visit.
Photo law and rules
A photo-specific statute or rule for this credential has not yet been summarized on this page.