La. Admin. Code tit. 55 § III-1905

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section III-1905 - Exclusive List of Acceptable Primary and Secondary Documents for Purposes of Identification

A. The following are the only items which are acceptable as primary documents:

1. a certified copy of a birth certificate (long form), an original certificate of birth (A seal is not required.), birth registration card or certificate issued by a state or county bureau of vital statistics with raised agency seal, birth card (short form), or a foreign birth certificate with a certified translation;

2. foreign birth certificates shall be accompanied by a passport and appropriately stamped immigration documents;

3. foreign passports shall be appropriately stamped and accompanied by proper immigration documents (I-94). An Alien Registration Card (I-151 or I-551) shall be considered a secondary document;

4. a certificate of naturalization is a document which indicates that the named individual has been granted United States citizenship. Since it is a federal crime to duplicate this form, a copy shall not be accepted as a primary document;

5. a current driver's license issued by another state shall be considered a primary document. A valid letter of clearance may be accepted when the applicant has lost his or her out-of-state license;

6. a foreign driver's license shall be considered a primary document only if it is accompanied by proper immigration documents. (I-94, I-151, I-551);

7. a valid United States military identification card or draft record or military dependent identification card shall be accepted as a primary document;

8. a current United States Coast Guard Merchant Mariner card shall be accepted as a primary document;

9. a certification of birth abroad issued by the United States Department of State;

10. an identification card issued by federal, state, or local government agency or entity provided it contains a photograph or information such as name, date of birth, sex, height, and address;

11. a Native American tribal document;

12. an out-of-state identification card issued by a state motor vehicle department;

13. a Department of Public Safety and Corrections prison identification card containing photograph, name, race, sex, and date of birth.

B. The following are the only items which are acceptable as secondary documents:

1. a student identification card issued by a Louisiana college or university when accompanied by a 100 percent tuition fee paid receipt for the current semester. These two items are to be considered as two separate documents;

2. W-2 forms for two years;

3. original documents of adoption papers;

4. an original of a high school, college or university diploma;

5. the original (issued at time of ceremony) or a certified copy of a marriage license or a certificate of marriage from a county, parish or city in the United States, or an original or certified copy of a divorce judgment or decree from a court of competent jurisdiction in the United States;

6. a Louisiana voter's registration card;

7. official certified deeds or title to property in Louisiana, including burial plot deeds;

8. a Louisiana vehicle registration certificate or Louisiana certificate of title;

9. a local utility statement showing name and address of the individual applying, or a receipt showing that public utilities have been activated at the address indicated on the application for the Louisiana special identification card;

10. an insurance policy, either health, home, life, or automobile liability;

11. three payroll check stubs. The name of the applicant printed on the check stub;

12. a temporary resident card (Form I-688) issued pursuant to the INS Immigration Reform and Control Act, to qualified aliens. This type of card is issued after May 5, 1987 and replaces the I-94 with fingerprint which was valid only until June 30, 1987. (This card is considered a primary document for these applicants);

13. high school year book- provided the picture clearly identifies the applicant as the same;

14. Medicare/Medicaid card or medical eligibility card;

15. prison release documents or letter from probation officer;

16. DD214 (military discharge papers);

17. selective service notification to the applicant at his address;

18. original or certified copy of any professional degree, certificate or license;

19. school records or at least two report cards from separate years;

20. motor vehicle chattel mortgage agreement;

21. any government law enforcement officer's identification or badge, if in uniform, a police unit; this does not include private security company guards;

22. eyewitness identification by reputable person;

23. letter of verification/introduction from another state agency responsible for placement of deprived or handicapped persons, such as Blind Services;

24. employment identification cards from major employers or companies with photograph, provided the photo clearly identifies the applicant as the same;

25. Social Security card or official verification from an Office of Social Security specifying number;

26. medical Card must be presented for the issuance of duplicate C.D.L. license;

27. driver's log book may be used as a secondary document on a C.D.L. license.

La. Admin. Code tit. 55, § III-1905

Promulgated by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Office of Motor Vehicles, LR 24:2317 (December 1998).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 40:1321.