Minnesota imposes March deadline for renewing expired driver's licenses Time is up for Minnesota residents who have been granted extensions. January 27, 2021 — 6:49pm Text size Copy shortlink: Time is up for Minnesota residents who have been granted extensions to renew their driver's licenses and state identification cards due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Credentials that would have expired over the past year but remained valid as a result of legislation signed into law by Gov. Tim Walz last year must be renewed by March 31, Megan Leonard, a spokeswoman for the Department of Vehicle Services (DVS), said Wednesday. DVS this week will begin sending letters to about 300,000 residents who have standard driver's licenses or identification cards expiring between March 13, 2020, and Feb. 28, 2021, and still need to renew.