2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 24. Drivers Licenses › Chapter 16. Identification Cards for Nondrivers › 9-24-16-2. Contents of Application; Conditions; Required Information; Veteran or Surviving Spouse of a Veteran Status; Address Confidentiality Program Participants

Sec. 2. (a) An application for an identification card to be issued under this chapter in the form of a physical credential must contain the following questions:
(1) "Have you served in the armed forces of the United States?".
(2) "Are you the surviving spouse of someone who served in the armed forces of the United States or their reserves, in the National Guard, or in the Indiana National Guard?".
(b) In addition to the questions set forth in subsection (a), an application for an identification card issued under this chapter in the form of a physical credential must require the following information concerning an applicant:
(1) The full legal name of the applicant.
(2) The applicant's date of birth.
(3) The gender of the applicant.
(4) The applicant's height, weight, hair color, and eye color.
(5) The principal address and mailing address of the applicant.
(6) A:
(A) valid Social Security number; or
(B) verification of an applicant's:
(i) ineligibility to be issued a Social Security number;
(ii) identity; and
(iii) lawful status, except for an individual granted parole.
(7) A digital photograph of the applicant.
(8) The signature of the applicant showing the applicant's legal name as it will appear on the identification card issued in the form of a physical credential.
(9) If the applicant is also applying for a motor driven cycle endorsement, verification that the applicant has satisfactorily completed the test required under section 3.6 of this chapter.
(c) The bureau may invalidate an identification card issued in the form of a physical credential that the bureau believes to have been issued as a result of fraudulent documentation.
(d) The bureau:
(1) shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to establish a procedure to verify an applicant's identity and lawful status; and
(2) may adopt rules to establish a procedure to temporarily invalidate an identification card issued in the form of a physical credential that it believes to have been issued based on fraudulent documentation.
(e) For purposes of subsection (b), an individual certified as a program participant in the address confidentiality program under IC 5-26.5 is not required to provide the individual's principal address and mailing address, but may provide an address designated by the office of the attorney general under IC 5-26.5 as the individual's principal address and mailing address.
(f) In addition to the information required under subsection (b), an application for an identification card to be issued under this chapter in the form of a physical credential must enable the applicant to indicate that the applicant is a veteran and wishes to have an indication of the applicant's veteran status appear on the identification card issued in the form of a physical credential. An applicant who wishes to have an indication of the applicant's veteran status appear on the identification card issued in the form of a physical credential must:
(1) indicate on the application that the applicant:
(A) is a veteran; and
(B) wishes to have an indication of the applicant's veteran status appear on the identification card; and
(2) provide proof at the time of application of the applicant's veteran status.
(g) In addition to the information required under subsection (b), an application for an identification card to be issued under this chapter in the form of a physical credential must enable the applicant to indicate that the applicant is a surviving spouse of a veteran and wishes to have an indication of the applicant's status as a surviving spouse of a veteran appear on the identification card issued in the form of a physical credential. An applicant who wishes to have an indication of the applicant's status as a surviving spouse of a veteran appear on the identification card issued in the form of a physical credential must:
(1) indicate on the application that the applicant:
(A) is the surviving spouse of a veteran of the armed forces of the United States; and
(B) wishes to have an indication of the applicant's status as a surviving spouse of a veteran appear on the identification card issued in the form of a physical credential; and
(2) provide the documentation necessary to verify that the applicant was married, at the time of the decedent's death, to a veteran.
(h) The bureau shall keep in a data base and share the information submitted under subsections (a) and (g) at least annually with the Indiana department of veterans' affairs. The information submitted under subsections (a) and (g) may be used by the Indiana department of veterans' affairs to develop outreach programs for veterans and their families.
(i) The application for an identification card to be issued under this chapter in the form of a physical credential must indicate that an applicant has the option whether or not to answer the questions set forth in subsection (a).
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-5-3.1-1(b).]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.12. Amended by P.L.39-2000, SEC.14; P.L.184-2007, SEC.48; P.L.118-2011, SEC.5; P.L.125-2012, SEC.226; P.L.85-2013, SEC.59; P.L.221-2014, SEC.67; P.L.77-2015, SEC.3; P.L.198-2016, SEC.510; P.L.65-2017, SEC.3; P.L.82-2019, SEC.2; P.L.111-2021, SEC.69; P.L.211-2023, SEC.53.