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Kansas 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: Kansas Department of Revenue
Where the photo is taken
Kansas law requires every ID card applicant to submit to a mandatory facial image capture by the Division of Vehicles.
Online or mail renewal and replacement
ID cards can be renewed online through iKan, and the law lets the Division reuse the most recent digital image on file; a card renewed online in the previous period cannot be renewed online again, so the next renewal must be done another way. No photo upload is offered.
Photo law and rules
K.S.A. 8-1324(j) requires mandatory facial image capture for ID card applicants, and 8-1324(p) allows online renewal using the division's most recent existing color digital image, but not in consecutive renewal periods.