The Montana Department of Justices Motor Vehicle Division announced Thursday that its introducing a new design for drivers licenses and state identification cards.

Department leaders say its intended to be more secure and harder to copy, to protect against fraud and identity theft.

Protecting Montanans identity is important, and the new security enhancements strengthen the protection of personal information, MVD Administrator Laurie Bakri said in a statement. Attorney General Austin Knudsen and I are proud to bring Montanas credentials into a more secure and modern era, as it has been nearly a decade since the last license redesign.

The new security features will include engraved images, multicolored ink and raised sections.

In addition to the star symbol for drivers with a REAL ID-com

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