Acceptable Identification Documents (I.D. Cards)
A Notary may identify a document signer for an acknowledgement or jurat based on an identification document that meets the followinf criteria (Civil Code, Section 1185).
The document must:
Be current or, if expired, issued within the past five years.
Contain the document signer's photograph, physical description and signature.
Bear a serial or other identifying number.
The following I.D.'s are acceptable:
• California driver's license or nondriver's
ID issued by the California Department of Motor • Vehicles.
• U.S. Passport.
• Foreign passport stamped by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
• Driver's license or nondriver's ID issued by another U.S. state.
• Driver's license issued by Mexico or Canada.
• Employee ID card issued by an agency or office of the State of California or any city or county within the state.
• U.S. miitary ID that contains all required elements (the Common Access Card [GAC} does not).
• Inmate ID issued by the California Department of Corrections (may only be used to identify prisoners who are in custody).
• ID cards issued by the USCIS (may only be used to identify signers on USCIS forms).
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