Class D reintegration driver's license
The reintegration driver’s license (RDL) allows you to get a driver’s license or permit once you are released from an adult correctional facility. You will not have to pay the fines or fees you owe right away with an RDL.
The RDL is good for 15 months and cannot be renewed. Driver and Vehicle Services (DVS) will cancel the RDL if you get suspended, revoked, or canceled during that time.
You will need to pay off all fines with the courts and fees with DVS before you can get a regular driver’s license.
How do I get an RDL?
To get an RDL you have to apply within one year of your release. Anyone released before April 1, 2024, must apply by April 1, 2025.
You must:
- Be at least 18 years old.
- Have had a Minnesota driver's license or permit before.
- Have been in an adult correctional facility for at least 180 days (six months) in a row.
- Have a DL or permit that was suspended or revoked before you went to an adult correctional facility.
- Take a written test if your driver's license or permit has been expired one year or more.
- Take a road test if your driver's license has been expired five years or more.
- Provide new identification documents if your current card is expired five years or more.
- Complete a Reintegration License Form.
- Go to an office to apply.
You cannot get an RDL if:
- You’ve never had a Minnesota driver's license or permit.
- You need to give DVS proof of insurance.
- Your driving privileges are revoked.
- You have an ignition interlock restriction.
- You have a child support suspension on your driving privileges.
- Your driving privileges are revoked because you hurt or killed someone while driving a motor vehicle (such as a car, boat, scooter, motorcycle and more).
- You have been judged legally incompetent to have a driver’s license.
- The Commissioner of Public Safety has declared you to be a driver who is dangerous to others.
- You owe fines in another state, or your driving privilege is suspended or revoked in another state.
- You have new violations or convictions on your record that revoke, suspend, or cancel your driving privilege after your release from an adult correctional facility.
- You do not pass the vision check.
- You want to get a commercial driver’s license.
My RDL is about to expire. What happens now?
When your RDL is at least a year old, you can apply for your regular driver's license with a four-year expiration as long as it has not been cancelled during that time.
You will pay the full renewal fee for your license and its endorsements. You must have valid driving privileges in all states.
As long as you do not let your RDL expire, when you apply for your regular license, any remaining DVS reinstatement fees will be forgiven.
Call DVS with questions 651-284-1234.