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More than 50,000 Mass. residents to receive new driver’s licenses due to printing issue

The IDs and driver's licenses did not have a certain security feature.

The Brockton Registry of Motor Vehicles as seen from the outside: A single-story white and red-brick building with a blue sign reading "Registry of Motor Vehicles."
Exterior photo of the Registry of Motor Vehicles in Brockton. Barry Chin/Globe Staff, File

By Ross Cristantiello

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The driver’s licenses and IDs of more than 50,000 Massachusetts residents were printed without a certain fraud prevention feature. 

Beginning Monday, those residents will receive new documents in the mail, WCVB reported. 

The issue was caused by a single faulty printer, The Boston Globe reported. Representatives from IDEMIA, the Virginia-based company that prints licenses and ID cards for the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles, contacted state officials to alert them to the issue on May 25. 

Although the documents are still valid, they do not have a specific fraud prevention component. 

The residents that received these IDs and licenses will be instructed to destroy their old documents, but no other action is required and there will be no impact to the driving records of any residents, the Globe reported. 

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In total, IDEMIA will replace 53,680 individual cards. 

Ross Cristantiello

Staff Writer

Ross Cristantiello, a general assignment news reporter for Boston.com since 2022, covers local politics, crime, the environment, and more.

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