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Driver’s license and state ID in Nebraska

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Update your name
YesAfter your legal name change
Gender markerThe sex or gender field (M, F, or X) printed on an ID document or stored in an agency's record.
YesM or F with a letter from a doctor

You can change the sex on a Nebraska driver's license or state ID to M or F with a one-page DMV form signed by a doctor, physician assistant, advanced practice nurse, or chiropractor. Surgery is not required by the form. X is not available. The change must be made in person.

Main cost
$16
Apply
In person
Typical wait
Up to 14 business days

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On this page
  1. How it works
  2. Steps
  3. Costs and fee waivers
  4. Forms
  5. Requirements
  6. After you finish
  7. Tips
  8. Laws and other guides
  9. Sources

How it works

The Nebraska DMV changes the sex on a license, permit, or state ID when you bring its Certification of Sex Reassignment form, signed by a doctor of medicine or osteopathy, a physician assistant, an advanced practice nurse, or a doctor of chiropractic. The provider certifies that you have "undergone the necessary sex reassignment procedures required for social gender recognition" and checks male or female. The form does not ask what treatment you had, and surgery is not required. Only M and F are available.

Changing your name on the card is a separate requirement: bring a certified copy of the court order, and update Social Security first. Nebraska law requires you to update your card within 60 days of a legal name change. Both changes can be done at the same visit.

Steps

  1. Have a medical provider sign the DMV form[2]

    Print the Certification of Sex Reassignment and ask your MD, DO, PA, APRN, or chiropractor to complete and sign it. Nebraska Medicine's Gender Care Clinic lists help with documents for legal gender marker changes among its services.

  2. If your name is changing, update Social Security first[6]

    Bring a certified copy of your name-change decree to Social Security before going to the DMV, so your records match.

  3. Visit a Driver Licensing Office[1][3][4]

    This cannot be done online. Bring: the signed certification (for a sex change), a certified court order or other document linking your old and new names (for a name change), one proof of identity with your name and date of birth, your current card, and two proofs of address if your address has not been verified or you moved. Fill out the data form at the office, take a new photo, and pay the fee. In Douglas and Sarpy counties you go to a Driver License Service Center; elsewhere the county treasurer's office handles licensing.

    Cost
    $16 replacement driver's license (Class O), including $5 security fee; Free state ID card, U.S. citizens

  4. Receive the new card by mail[1][3]

    You get a 30-day receipt at the counter. The card is mailed within 14 business days. If it has not arrived in 20 days, call Driver Licensing Services at 402-471-3861. Your old card becomes invalid.

    Time
    Up to 14 business days

Costs and fee waivers

WhatCostNotes
Replacement driver's license (Class O), including $5 security fee[4]$16
State ID card, U.S. citizens[5]FreeThe DMV fee table lists $0 for U.S. citizens "regardless of time the document is valid." Non-citizen replacement is $16.

More detail

Forms2 forms: Certification of Sex Reassignment, Operators License-ID Data Form

Open a form for tips on filling it out.

Certification of Sex ReassignmentCertification of Sex Reassignment (DMV form, signed by a medical provider)Required

How to fill it out

  • You fill in your name, license number, and date of birth.
  • Your provider checks male or female, prints their name, address, and phone, signs, and dates it.
  • Eligible signers: doctor of medicine (MD), doctor of osteopathy (DO), physician assistant, advanced practice nurse (APRN, including nurse practitioners), or doctor of chiropractic. A therapist or counselor cannot sign.
  • Your hormone prescriber or primary care provider can usually sign. The form does not ask for surgery details.

Open Certification of Sex Reassignment[2][1]

Operators License-ID Data FormOperator's License / ID data form (completed at the office)Required

Open Operators License-ID Data Form[1]

RequirementsWhere you live, age, timeline
Where you live
For Nebraska residents holding or applying for a Nebraska license, permit, or state ID.[1][2][7]
Age
No minimum age is stated on the form.
Other
A 2023 executive order (EO 23-16) tells state agencies to define sex as sex at birth "to the fullest extent permitted by law." As of September 2026 the DMV still publishes and accepts the certification form.
How long it takes

Same-day visit, then up to 14 business days for the card to arrive by mail.

After you finishA Nebraska license with an updated sex marker does not change your birth certificate, Social Security record, or passport.

A Nebraska license with an updated sex marker does not change your birth certificate, Social Security record, or passport. Federal agencies currently do not accept sex marker changes; see the federal guides.

Tips2 tips from people who have done this
  • Bring an extra copy of the signed certification in case the office keeps the original.
  • If an office refuses the form or asks for surgery records, ask for a supervisor, note the date and names, and contact the ACLU of Nebraska.
Laws and other guides1 law, 1 other guide

Laws and rules

Other trusted guides

Sources

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  1. Certification of Sex ReassignmentNebraska Department of Motor Vehicles, Official page. accessed
    “Certification of Sex Reassignment Form completed by a Doctor of Medicine, Doctor of Osteopathy, Physician Assistant, Advanced Practice Nurse, or Doctor of Chiropractic”
  2. Certification of Sex Reassignment (form S1, TSIS1 06/18)Nebraska Department of Motor Vehicles, Form. accessed
    “I certify that the above named applicant has undergone the necessary sex reassignment procedures required for social gender recognition”
  3. Name Change, Driver's License, Motorcycle and State IDNebraska Department of Motor Vehicles, Official page. accessed
    “State Statute requires name changes to completed on your license, permit or ID within 60 days of your name change.”
  4. Operator's License (Class O) FeesNebraska Department of Motor Vehicles, Official page. accessed
    “Replacement $11.00 $5.00 $16.00”
  5. State Identification Card FeesNebraska Department of Motor Vehicles, Official page. accessed
    “State ID for U.S. Citizens regardless of time the document is valid $0.00”
  6. Nebraska Identity DocumentsA4TE, Organization. accessed
    “The form is vague as to what treatment was performed and proof of surgery is not required.”
  7. Executive Order No. 23-16, Establishing a Women's Bill of RightsOffice of the Governor of Nebraska, Official page. accessed
    “a person's "sex" is defined as his or her biological sex (either male or female) at birth”