Current through Register Vol. 28, No. 3, September 1, 2024
5.1
Full Legal Name, Date of Birth and Gender.
5.1.1 The name and date of birth on the face
of the Delaware DPC must be the same as the name and date of birth on the
source document presented by the applicant to establish identity. When the
individual has only one name, that name should be entered in the last name or
family name field, and the first and middle name fields should be left blank.
Place holders such as NFN, NMN, FNU, LNU and NA shall not be used.
5.1.2 If the names, as listed on various
source documents (to substantiate the applicant's name, date of birth, gender,
ITIN), are different, the applicant must contact the agency who issued the
source document and change the name so that the names on all source documents
match.
5.2 Name, Date of
Birth and Gender Source Documents
5.2.1 To
establish an applicant's full legal name, date of birth, and gender, the
applicant must present one or more of the following source documents:
5.2.1.1 Valid, unexpired foreign
passport;
5.2.1.2 Valid Consular
Identification Card;
5.2.2 Applicants under age 18 must present a
valid birth certificate containing birth parents name(s) that was issued by an
Office of Vital Statistics or equivalent agency in the individual's country of
birth, in addition to a document listed in subsection
5.2.1.
5.3 Name
change/exceptions.
5.3.1 If an applicant
wants to establish a name other than the name that appears on the original
source document, the applicant must provide proof of the name change by
presenting a valid marriage certificate, divorce decree, adoption papers or
court order substantiating the name change.
5.3.2 The driving record alias file contains
name changes to enable the division to verify the names the applicant used over
time. The division must be notified within 30 days after the name change
occurs.
5.3.3 Exceptions to name
change procedures must be approved by the Driver Services Manager, Chief of
Driver Services, Deputy Director or Director.
5.4 Date of Birth Changes. To establish the
applicant's date of birth, an individual must present at least one document
included in subsection 5.2 or a court order that establishes a new date of
birth.
5.5 Gender/gender changes.
To change a person's gender, the applicant must complete the Request for Gender
Change form detailing his or her request to have the gender designation on his
or her driving privilege card changed. The form requires the applicant's
medical or social service provider to certify that, in his or her professional
opinion, what the applicant's true gender identity is. The medical or social
service provider's practice must treat patients, including the applicant,
seeking gender identity changes.
5.6 Foreign Documents. A professional
translator must translate any documents that are in a foreign language into
English.
