Wis. Stat. § 343.165 — WI Code / Chapter 343 / Section 343.165
Section 343.165
Status: in_force

d. A valid photo identification card issued by Wisconsin or another jurisdiction, except a province of the Dominion of Canada, bearing a photograph of the person.

e. A marriage certificate or certified copy of judgment of divorce.

f. A social security card issued by the social security administration.

g. Any document described under subd. 6. , if it bears a photograph of the person and was not used as proof of name and date of birth.

h. Department of homeland security/transportation security administration transportation worker identification credential.

6. In this paragraph, “proof of name and date of birth” means any of the following:

a. For a person born in Wisconsin, a copy of the person’s Wisconsin birth certificate issued and certified in accordance with s. 69.21 .

b. For a person born in another jurisdiction, other than a province of the Dominion of Canada, a certified copy of his or her birth certificate or the equivalent document from that other jurisdiction or a certificate of birth abroad issued by the federal department of state.

c. A U.S. passport.

d. A valid, unexpired passport issued by a foreign country with federal I-551 resident alien registration receipt card or federal I-94 arrival and departure record that bears a photograph of the person and identifies the person’s first and last names, and the person’s day, month, and year of birth.

e. A Wisconsin operator’s license bearing a photograph of the person.

f. A Wisconsin identification card issued under s. 343.50 , bearing a photograph of the person, other than an identification card issued under s. 343.50 (1) (c) 2.

g. A federal I-551 “permanent resident alien registration receipt card.”

h. A federal I-94 “parole edition” or “refugees version” arrival-departure record, together with a certification, on the department’s form, by the person, of the person’s name and date of birth, a copy of a federal department of state refugee data center reception and placement program assurance form and a letter from the person’s sponsoring agency on its letterhead, supporting the person’s application for a Wisconsin identification card or operator’s license and confirming the person’s identification. Applicants who are unable to provide a reception and placement program assurance form may be issued a Wisconsin identification card or operator’s license, but only after their identification has been confirmed by the U.S. citizenship and immigration services.

i. A U.S. certificate of naturalization.

j. A certificate of U.S. citizenship.

k. A federal temporary resident card or employment authorization card, I-688, I-688A, I-688B, and I-766.

L. A Native American identification card that is issued by a federally recognized tribe or a band of a federally recognized tribe, is issued in Wisconsin, includes a photograph and signature or reproduction of a signature of the person, and has been approved by the secretary for use as identification.

m. A court order under seal related to the adoption or divorce of the individual or to a name or gender change that includes the person’s current full legal name, date of birth, and, in the case of a name change or divorce order, the person’s prior name.

n. An armed forces of the U.S. common access card or DD Form 2 identification card issued to military personnel.

o. Department of homeland security/transportation security administration transportation worker identification credential.

7. In this paragraph, “unavailable” means that the applicant does not have the document and would be required to pay a government agency to obtain it.

(c) The administrator may delegate to the deputy administrator or to a bureau director, as described in s. 15.02 (3) (c) 2. , whose regular responsibilities include driver licensing and identification card issuance, the authority to accept or reject such extraordinary proof of name, date of birth, or U.S. citizenship under this subsection.

(e) The denial of a petition under par. (b) is subject to judicial review in the manner provided in ch. 227 for the review of administrative decisions.

(f) If the administrator, or delegate described in par. (c) , determines that an applicant has knowingly made a false statement or knowingly concealed a material fact or otherwise committed a fraud in an application, petition, or additional information, the department shall immediately suspend the investigation, shall notify the person in writing of the suspension and the reason for the suspension, and refer any suspected fraud to law enforcement.

(g) A person whose petition is suspended or denied due to a failure to respond timely may revive the petition at any time by contacting the department to discuss the petition application. If a person revives a petition, the department shall immediately issue, and shall continue to reissue, an identification card receipt to the person as provided in s. 343.50 (1) (c) 2. , except that the department shall first require the person to take a photograph if required under s. 343.50 (1) (c) 2.

(h) The department shall grant a petition if the department concludes, on the basis of secondary documentation or other corroborating information, that it is more likely than not that the name, date of birth, and U.S. citizenship provided in the application is correct.

History: 2007 a. 20 ; 2011 a. 23 , 32 ; 2015 a. 193 , 197 ; 2017 a. 365 , 369 .