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Could your Maryland driver's license be recalled?

66 thousand have not responded to MVA notices to update secure documentation and face the risk of have new licenses taken back

GLEN BURNIE, Md. — More than 66,000 new Maryland REAL ID licenses or identification cards may be recalled if their owners don't file identification and residency documents within the next month.

The Motor Vehicle Administration announced Thursday that the documents should be submitted by next month. 

June 1 is the first in a series of staggered deadlines meant to help people update their licenses before the federal deadline of October 2020. 

Marylanders will then need a REAL ID card to pass through airport security checks and enter federal buildings.

Drivers with the new ID and unfiled documents will still be licensed to drive, but their license will be confiscated if they're pulled over by police. They'll then be required to get a new one.

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