New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 21 - LICENSING SERVICE › Subchapter 8 - DRIVER LICENSES › Section 13:21-8.2A - REAL ID document age requirements; proof of identity and date of birth; proof that presence in United States is authorized under Federal law; proof of address

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) A REAL ID document (special learner permit, examination permit, driver license, commercial driver license, or non-driver identification card) will indicate that it is acceptable for official purposes as determined by the Federal government. New Jersey allows each applicant to choose whether to apply for a REAL ID document (requirements are listed in this section) or a non-REAL ID document (requirements are listed in
13:21-8.2
).
(b) Each applicant for a REAL ID-compliant special learner permit, examination permit, digitized driver license, commercial driver license, or non-driver identification card shall be required to furnish to the Commission proof of identity, principal residence, date of birth, and proof that the applicant's presence in the United States is authorized under Federal law. Such proof may be established by submission of the original or certified (by the issuing authority) copy of the primary and/or secondary documents that are listed in (c) below, as follows:
1. Each applicant must produce documents that total at least six points.
2. Each applicant must present at least one primary document.
3. Each applicant must present at least one secondary document.
4. An applicant shall not submit more than two documents with a point value of one.
5. If discrepancies exist within or between documents submitted by an applicant, the Commission may require that the applicant submit additional documentation.
6. The Commission shall refuse to grant any permit or license or non-driver identification card, if the Commission has reasonable cause to believe that a document is altered, false, or otherwise invalid.
7. An applicant who is not a United States citizen must also submit proof of continued legal status in the United States evidenced by a document listed in (c)1ii below or by a document issued by the United States Department of Homeland Security or another Federal agency that establishes the applicant's legal right to be in the United States as of the time the proof is presented.
8. For persons who, for reasons beyond their control, are unable to present all necessary documents and must rely on alternate documents to establish identity or date of birth, Commission-authorized personnel may review, approve, or accept alternate documentation that proves the applicant's identity or date of birth, or that the applicant's presence in the United States is authorized under Federal law.
9. The identity of the applicant shall be deemed to be the name recorded on the document(s) submitted to the Commission pursuant to this section unless evidence of a different name is established by the submission of a civil marriage or civil union certificate, divorce decree, or order of court.
10. The Commission reserves the right to make changes to the list of acceptable documents found in (c) below. Such changes will be posted on the Motor Vehicle Commission's website,
www.njmvc.gov
, and will be available at all motor vehicle agencies.