Administrative Rules of Montana › Department 23 - JUSTICE › Chapter 23.3 - MOTOR VEHICLE DIVISION › Subchapter 23.3.1 - Driver Licensing › Rule 23.3.131 - DOCUMENTING PROOF OF NAME, IDENTITY, AND DATE OF BIRTH FOR ORIGINAL DRIVER'S LICENSE APPLICATIONS

Current through Register Vol. 13, July 5, 2024
(1) Upon original
				application for a driver's license or identification card, the applicant must
				provide proof of identity, including full legal name and date of birth, by
				presenting one primary document and one or more secondary documents from the
				lists specified in (2) and (3). An applicant who has a social security number
				must provide this number and it must verify with the Social Security
				Administration.
(2) The primary
				document submitted must show the applicant's name and date of birth and must be
				verifiable by the governmental authority that issued the document. The
				following may be presented as a primary document:
(a) a driver's license or identification
				card, with color photograph or digitized image of the applicant and not expired
				for more than four years, issued by a state, territory or possession of the
				United States, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or
				a province or territory of Canada;
(b) a certified copy of a birth certificate
				issued by a government bureau of vital statistics or board of health of a
				state, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia,
				or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or a province or territory of Canada, or a
				report of a birth abroad of a U.S. citizen issued by the U.S. Department of
				State or a U.S. embassy;
(c) an
				unexpired military identification card issued by the U.S. Department of Defense
				that documents the applicant's active duty, reserve or retired personnel status
				or status as a dependent of active duty personnel and that contains a color
				photograph or digitized image of the applicant and the applicant's date of
				birth;
(d) a valid, unexpired
				passport issued to the applicant by the U.S. Department of State or by the
				Canadian government;
(e) a valid,
				unexpired passport issued to the applicant by a jurisdiction other than the
				United States or the Canadian government with either:
(i) a U.S. Department of Justice, Immigration
				and Naturalization Service (INS) record of arrival and departure (form I-94)
				attached, bearing the same name as that on the passport and containing an
				unexpired endorsement of the alien's nonimmigrant status; or
(ii) an unexpired resident alien I-551
				stamp.
(f) one of the
				following valid unexpired documents issued by the U.S. Department of Justice,
				Immigration and Naturalization Service:
(i)
				certificate of naturalization (form N-550, N-570, or N-578);
(ii) certificate of citizenship (form N-560,
				N-561, or N-645);
(iii) Northern
				Mariana card (form I-551) bearing the imprint "Northern Mariana," not "resident
				alien";
(iv) American Indian card
				(form I-551) bearing the imprint "American Indian," not "resident
				alien";
(v) United States citizen
				identification card (form I-179 or I-197) ;
(vi) resident alien card (form I-551)
				;
(vii) temporary resident
				identification card (form I-688) ;
(viii) US reentry permit (form I-327)
				;
(ix) refugee travel document
				(form I-571) ;
(x) employment
				authorization card (form I-688A, I-688B, or I-766) ; or
(xi) record of arrival and departure, stamped
				"refugee" (form I-94 without a valid passport but stamped "refugee" with a
				photo affixed).
(g) a US
				or Canadian-issued instruction or learner's driving permit, or a receipt for
				driver's license or permit, if it is current and contains a photo of the
				applicant and the applicant's date of birth;
(h) a prison inmate identification card
				issued to the applicant by the Montana department of corrections that contains
				a photograph or digitized image of the applicant and the applicant's date of
				birth and adult offender number;
(i) a digital identification card issued to
				the applicant by a federally recognized Indian tribe whose reservation is
				located in Montana that contains a digitized image of the applicant and the
				applicant's date of birth and tribal enrollment number; or
(j) an emergency identification photograph
				issued and certified by the driver licensing authority of a state, territory or
				possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth
				of Puerto Rico or a province or territory of Canada that includes the
				applicant's name and date of birth.