***All acceptable ID's must be current or issued within the last 5 years.
California-Approved ID Documents: Group 1
- ID card or driver's license issued by the CA Dept. of Motor Vehicles
- U.S. Passport
- Inmate ID card issued by the CA Dept. of Corrections and Rehabilitation (inmates in custody in prison only)
- Any form of inmate ID issued by a sheriff's department (inmates in custody in a local detention facility only)
If a signer does not have one of the IDs listed above, one of the following forms of ID in group 2 may be used, provided it is current or issued within the last 5 years and contains these four elements:
- Photograph
- Physical description
- Signature
- Serial Number
California-Approved ID Documents: Group 2
- Passport issued by a foreign government
- ID card or drivers license issued by another U.S. state
- Driver license issued by an authorized Canadian or Mexican public agency
- U.S. Military ID card (caution: some military ID's may lack all four required elements)
- Employee ID card issued by an agency or office of the state of CA, or by an agency or office of a CA city, county, or city and county.
- Consular ID
- ID card issued by a federally recognized tribal goverment