Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 102 - Operator's Licenses And Identification Cards › Section Trans 102.025 - Document condition and authenticity

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) GENERAL
			 DOCUMENT CONDITIONS. All documents offered by persons applying for licenses or
			 identification cards issued by the department shall be original documents,
			 unless otherwise expressly allowed. Certified copies of government documents
			 shall bear an original certification and the seal of the appropriate agency, or
			 otherwise exhibit evidence to the satisfaction of the department that the
			 document is an authentic, accurate and unaltered copy of the original
			 government document. Mutilated, altered or uncertified photocopies of documents
			 are not acceptable.
(2) SUSPECT
			 DOCUMENT. The department may decline to accept any document required to be
			 presented as part of an application for an operator's license or identification
			 card if it has any reason to suspect the authenticity of the document, the
			 identity of the person named in the document, the identity of the applicant,
			 that the residency information provided by the applicant is inaccurate, or for
			 any of the reasons specified in sub. (3). In such a case, the department may
			 retain the document and investigate its authenticity, provide the document to
			 local, state or federal authorities, require additional documentation from the
			 individual to establish the fact that the document was offered to prove, or any
			 combination of these actions. Documents determined to be genuine and to
			 identify the person who presented them shall be returned to the person, except
			 as provided in sub. (3). Documents containing photographs of the holder may be
			 rejected if the person is not readily recognizable from the photograph.
			 Documents bearing signatures or reproductions of signatures of the holder may
			 be rejected if the signature or reproduced signature does not clearly match all
			 other signatures provided by the presenter as part of the application or on
			 file with the department. Documents containing other data will not be accepted
			 if any facts lead the department to question the authenticity of the document
			 or accuracy of the data.
Note: This provision permits the Department to reject
				documentation or photos, but does not create a duty to inspect all DOT files
				when processing each application.
(3) CONFISCATION OF DOCUMENT.
(a) Employees or agents of the department may
			 take possession of any document submitted as proof of the person's name and
			 date of birth, identity, residency or any other fact sought to be proven to the
			 department and may turn those documents over to local, state or federal
			 authorities in any of the following circumstances:
1. The document is or appears to be
			 counterfeit.
2. The applicant
			 presents documents related to another individual under the guise that the
			 applicant is the other individual.
3. The document appears not to be or is not a
			 genuine document.
4. The document
			 appears to have been altered.
5.
			 Law enforcement has requested the department confiscate documents presented by
			 a specific person.