Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 761 - Transportation Department › Driver Licenses › Chapter 601 - Application for License › Rule 761-601.5 - Proofs Submitted With Application

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
A person who applies for a new Iowa driver's license or
				  nonoperator's identification card, including a person who currently holds a
				  license or card issued by another state or foreign jurisdiction, shall submit
				  proof of identity, date of birth, social security number, Iowa residency and
				  current residential address, and lawful status in the United States.
(1)
Verification of identity and date
				of birth.
To establish identity and date of birth, an applicant must
				submit at least one of the following documents. The department may require
				additional documentation if the department believes that the documentation
				submitted is questionable or if the department has reason to believe that the
				person is not who the person claims to be.
a.
				A valid, unexpired U.S. passport or U.S. passport card.
b. A certified copy of a birth certificate
				and, if applicable, a certified amended or new birth certificate showing a
				change in name, date of birth, or sex, filed with a state office of vital
				statistics or equivalent agency in the applicant's state of birth. The birth
				certificate must bear the issuing authority's certification of authenticity. A
				hospital-issued certificate is not acceptable. As used herein, "state" means a
				state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin
				Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
				Islands.
c. A Consular Report of
				Birth Abroad issued by the U.S. Department of State (Form FS-240, DS-1350 or
				FS-545).
d. A valid, unexpired
				Permanent Resident Card (Form I-551) issued by the U.S. Department of Homeland
				Security or U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service.
e. An unexpired employment authorization
				document issued by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (Form I-766 or Form
				I-688B).
f. An unexpired foreign
				passport with a U.S. visa affixed, accompanied by the approved I-94 form
				documenting the applicant's most recent admittance into the United States.
g. A Certificate of Naturalization
				issued by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (Form N-550 or Form
				N-570).
h. A Certificate of
				Citizenship (Form N-560 or Form N-561) issued by the U.S. Department of
				Homeland Security.
i. A REAL ID
				driver's license or identification card issued in compliance with the standards
				established by 6 CFR Part 37 .
j.
				Such other documents as the U.S. Department of Homeland Security may designate
				as acceptable proof of identity and date of birth for REAL ID purposes by
				notice published in the Federal Register.
k. An Inmate Descriptor Inquiry, Client
				Information Inquiry or Offender Snapshot document issued by the Iowa department
				of corrections or the United States District Court, Northern and Southern
				Districts of Iowa. The document must contain the applicant's full legal name
				and date of birth and be notarized. An applicant who provides only a document
				listed in this paragraph shall not be eligible for a driver's license or
				nonoperator's identification card marked as acceptable for federal purposes
				under 6 CFR Part 37 .