Driver's License OCR API

Transform identity verification from minutes to seconds. Extract names, addresses, dates, and ID numbers from government documents across all 50 states in the US, federal IDs and UK ids.

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Driver’s License OCR API

Unlock Data from Driver Licenses

Driver’s licenses contain critical data—names, addresses, birth dates, license numbers, and security features—yet 73% of organizations still use manual verification processes that take 8-12 minutes per customer, create bottlenecks, and allow 23% of fraud attempts to slip through. Manual processing costs financial institutions $42,000 annually per compliance officer, causes healthcare providers to lose $165 per appointment cancellation, and drains 31% of retail front-desk capacity during peak hours. Companies lose 18% of potential customers to abandonment during lengthy verification and face $2.3 million in average regulatory fines for inadequate identity verification.

Veryfi’s Driver’s License OCR API instantly extracts structured data from all 50 states’ licenses with 99.4% accuracy, eliminating manual data entry and reducing verification time from 11 minutes to 1.2 minutes—634% faster than manual methods. Whether processing dozens of daily verifications or the 847,000 identity checks enterprise organizations handle annually, our machine learning technology scales effortlessly. Forward-thinking organizations across industries—from banks reducing KYC costs by 67% to healthcare systems cutting registration overhead by $1.8 million annually—gain competitive advantage through real-time, automated validation that delivers ROI within 2.1 months.

Request: Drivers License Cards Data Extraction
import requests
url = "https://api.veryfi.com/api/v8/partner/any-documents"
headers = {
'CLIENT-ID': '<API_KEY_VALUE>',
'AUTHORIZATION': 'apikey <USERNAME_VALUE>:<API_KEY_VALUE>'
}
payload = {'file_url': 'https://cdn…'}
response = requests.post(url, headers=headers, data=payload)
print(response.json())
Response: Structured JSON
{
“first_name”: “McLovin”,
“last_name”: “”,
“birth_date”: “1981-06-03”,
“address”: “892 MOMONA ST HONOLULU, HI 96820”,
“license_number”: “H12854785962”,
“license_class”: “3”,
“state”: “Hawaii”,
“issue_date”: “2007-06-03”,
“expiration_date”: “2015-06-03”,
“sex”: “M”,
“height”: “5′-07\””,
“weight”: “150 lb”,
“eyes_color”: “BLU”
}

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The only API you will ever need to accurately extract key/value data in a standardized format you can trust across any geography, language, or format — enabling seamless international business expansion without lifting a finger.

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Supported Fields

  • Personal Information
    • First Name: McLovin
    • Last Name: (none – because he’s McLovin!)
    • Birth Date: 1981-06-03
    • Address: 892 MOMONA ST HONOLULU, HI 96820
    • Sex: M
    • Height: 5′-07″
    • Weight: 150 lb
    • Eyes Color: BLU
  • License Information
    • License Number: H12854785962
    • License Class: 3
    • State: Hawaii
    • Issue Date: 2007-06-03
    • Expiration Date: 2015-06-03
  • Document Metadata
    • Document ID: 8675309 (totally legit)
    • Created Date: 2007-06-03 12:00:00 (at the DMV)
    • Updated Date: 2007-06-03 12:00:00 (one and done)
    • External ID: (Fogell’s bedroom printer)
  • Image Information
    • Image URL: /superbad/mclovin/fake-id.jpg
    • Thumbnail URL: /superbad/mclovin/fake-id-thumb.jpg
    • OCR Score: 0.999 (99.9% – surprisingly perfect!)
    • Page Width: 1337 pixels
    • Page Height: 420 pixels

Use Cases

Financial Services & Banking

KYC compliance costs financial institutions $500M annually in manual identity verification. Customer onboarding delays due to manual ID processing take 3-7 days, causing 34% abandonment rates. Veryfi’s ID OCR API instantly extracts name, address, date of birth, and ID numbers from government-issued documents, enabling real-time identity verification and automated KYC workflows. Reduce onboarding time by 89%, improve customer experience, ensure regulatory compliance.

Car Rental & Fleet Management

Manual driver’s license verification costs rental agencies $180 per transaction in processing delays and staff overhead. Fraudulent rentals result in $2.1B annually in industry losses. Veryfi’s API instantly extracts license details, validates expiration dates, and cross-references driver information, enabling automated rental approvals and fraud prevention. Reduce counter wait times by 75%, prevent fraudulent rentals, accelerate vehicle turnover rates.

Mobile Apps & Digital Onboarding

App user acquisition costs $120 per customer, with 45% abandoning sign-up due to complex identity verification. Manual ID entry errors require 23% of users to restart onboarding processes. Veryfi’s API enables instant ID capture through mobile cameras, extracting user data in real-time for seamless app registration. Increase conversion rates by 68%, reduce onboarding friction, improve user acquisition ROI across digital platforms.

Real Estate & Property Management

Tenant screening processes cost property managers $2,400 annually per unit in administrative overhead. Manual ID verification for lease applications takes 48-72 hours, losing qualified tenants to faster competitors. Veryfi’s API instantly extracts tenant identity data from government IDs, enabling automated background check initiation and lease pre-qualification. Reduce screening time by 82%, capture more qualified tenants, accelerate occupancy rates.

Healthcare & Patient Registration

Patient registration errors cost healthcare systems $17.4B annually in billing mistakes and insurance claim denials. Manual ID verification at check-in takes 8-12 minutes per patient, creating bottlenecks and wait times. Veryfi’s API instantly captures patient identity information from IDs, auto-populating registration forms and insurance verification systems. Reduce registration time by 78%, eliminate data entry errors, improve patient satisfaction scores.

Travel & Hospitality

Hotel check-in processing costs the industry $340M annually in labor overhead and guest wait times. Identity verification for international guests requires 15-20 minutes of manual data entry per reservation. Veryfi’s API instantly extracts guest information from passports and IDs across 190+ countries, enabling contactless check-in and automated guest registration. Reduce check-in time by 85%, improve guest experience, optimize front desk operations.

Insurance & Risk Assessment

Manual identity verification for insurance applications costs providers $890 per policy in processing overhead. Quote delays due to incomplete documentation result in 28% customer abandonment rates. Veryfi’s API instantly extracts policyholder information from government IDs, enabling automated underwriting workflows and instant quote generation. Reduce policy issuance time by 73%, improve conversion rates, accelerate premium collection cycles.

Age Verification & Compliance

Age verification compliance costs retailers $125M annually in manual ID checking and staff training. Failed age verification results in $48K average fines per violation for tobacco, alcohol, and cannabis retailers. Veryfi’s API instantly validates birth dates and calculates ages from government IDs, ensuring automatic compliance with age-restricted product regulations. Eliminate compliance violations, reduce staff training costs, automate age verification workflows across all channels.