Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 39, March 25, 2024
Subpart 1.
In general.
At the time of application for a driver's license, enhanced
driver's license, permit, identification card, enhanced identification card, or
vehicle certificate of title or registration by an owner who is an individual,
the applicant shall present a Minnesota driver's license, enhanced driver's
license, permit, Minnesota identification card, or enhanced identification card
if one of these has been issued to the applicant.
A. With respect to applications for a
driver's license, identification card, or vehicle certificate of title or
registration by an owner who is an individual, the Minnesota driver's license,
identification card, or permit must not have expired more than:
(1) five years before it is presented if it
has a color photograph or electronically produced or digitized image of the
applicant; or
(2) one year before
it is presented if it does not have a color photograph or electronically
produced or digitized image of the applicant. A temporary seven-day driver's
license issued to a Minnesota-licensed driver only by the state of Minnesota
under Minnesota Statutes, section
169A.52,
subdivision 7, paragraph (c), clause (2), may be presented if it is not expired
more than one year.
Under part
7410.0410, subpart 4a, item Q,
only a valid Minnesota driver's license, valid identification card, or valid
permit can be presented as proof of residency for applicants for an enhanced
driver's license or enhanced identification card.
B. If the applicant for a Minnesota driver's
license, enhanced driver's license, identification card, enhanced
identification card, or permit possesses a driver's license, identification
card, or permit from any another jurisdiction, it must be invalidated and
returned to the individual.
C. As
proof of full name, date of birth, and identity, the applicant for a driver's
license, permit, or identification card must present one primary document and
one secondary document if the applicant cannot present:
(1) a Minnesota driver's license,
identification card, or permit that is current or has been expired for five
years or less with a color photograph or electronically produced or digitized
image; or
(2) a Minnesota driver's
license, identification card, or permit that is current or has been expired for
one year or less without a color photograph or electronically produced or
digitized image.
D. As
proof satisfactory of date of birth, an applicant for an enhanced driver's
license or an enhanced identification card must present one of the following
documents:
(1) original or certified copy of
United States or United States territory birth certificate that bears the
raised or authorized seal of the issuing jurisdiction or a protective
equivalent;
(2) United States
Department of State Consular Report of Birth Abroad (FS-240, DS-1350, or
FS-545);
(3) valid, unexpired
United States passport or United States passport card;
(4) Certificate of naturalization (Form
N-550, N-570);
(5) Certificate of
citizenship (N-560, N-561);
(6)
American Indian card (Form I-872) or Minnesota tribal identification card that
meets the requirements of Minnesota Statutes, section
171.072;
or
(7) United States military photo
identification card issued to active, reserve, and retired military personnel
only.
E. As proof
satisfactory of full legal name, an applicant for an enhanced driver's license
or enhanced identification card must present one document not presented for
proof of identity from:
(1) item D;
(2) item F, except subitem (4);
(3) item G;
(4) item H;
(5) part
7410.0410, subpart 4a, except
items A, B, C, F, H, I, O, and P; or
(6) part
7410.0500, subpart
2, item C.
In the case of an applicant whose full legal name does not
match all other identity documents presented for an EDL or an EID under this
part or under part
7410.0410, subpart 4a, the
applicant must also present a document from part
7410.0500, subpart
2, item C.
F. As proof satisfactory of Social
Security number, an applicant for an enhanced driver's license or an enhanced
identification card must present the applicant's original Social Security card,
or one of the following:
(1) federal or
Minnesota income tax form W-2;
(2)
federal or Minnesota income tax form SSA-1099;
(3) federal or Minnesota income tax form
non-SSA-1099; or
(4) United States
employment computer-printed pay stub with applicant's name, address, and full
Social Security number.
G. As proof satisfactory of photographic
identity, an applicant for an enhanced driver's license or an enhanced
identification card must present one of the following documents:
(1) valid Minnesota driver's license, valid
identification card, or valid permit;
(2) valid driver's license, valid
identification card, or valid permit issued by another United States state,
including the District of Columbia and any United States territory;
(3) United States military identification
card issued to active, reserve, and retired military personnel;
(4) United States military dependent
identification card;
(5) valid
unexpired United States passport or United States passport card;
(6) American Indian card (Form I-872) or
Minnesota tribal identification card that meets the requirements of Minnesota
Statutes, section
171.072;
(7) valid city, county, state, or federal
employee identification card;
(8)
United States high school identification card with a certified transcript from
the same school, both issued no more than 180 days before the EDL or EID
application;
(9) United States
college or university identification card with a certified transcript from the
same college or university, both issued no more than 180 days before the EDL or
EID application; or
(10) veterans
universal access identification card.
H. As proof satisfactory of United States
citizenship, an applicant for an enhanced driver's license or enhanced
identification card must present one of the following documents:
(1) original, certified United States or
United States territory birth certificate that bears the raised or authorized
seal of the issuing jurisdiction or a protective equivalent;
(2) United States Department of State
Consular Report of Birth Abroad (FS-240, DS-1350, or F-545);
(3) valid, unexpired United States passport
or United States passport card;
(4)
Certificate of naturalization (N-550, N-570); or
(5) Certificate of citizenship (N-560,
N-561).
I. The
individual applicant for a vehicle certificate of title or registration shall
present one primary document as proof of full name and date of birth.
Subp. 1a.
Residence address
on license, permit, or identification card.
A Minnesota driver's license, enhanced driver's license,
permit, identification card, or enhanced identification card must be issued
only to an individual who has a residence address, in the state, at the time of
application. In the case of an application for an enhanced driver's license or
an enhanced identification card, the applicant must provide proof of residency
in accordance with part
7410.0410, subpart 4a.
A. The applicant must indicate on the
application form for a Minnesota driver's license, enhanced driver's license,
identification card, enhanced identification card, or permit, the applicant's
residence address in the state.
B.
An individual may have only one residence address where the individual is
domiciled at any particular time.
C. The residence address of the individual is
presumed to continue until the contrary is shown.
D. The applicant shall indicate a residence
number, street name, street type, directional if any, city or town, state, and
zip code.
Subp. 1b.
Physical description.
When applying for a driver's license, enhanced driver's
license, identification card, enhanced identification card, or permit, the
individual must indicate on the application form, the individual's height in
feet and inches, weight in pounds, eye color, and sex.
Subp. 2.
Primary documents.
If the applicant for a driver's license, permit, or
identification card, or an individual who is applying as the owner for a
vehicle title or registration, cannot present a Minnesota driver's license,
identification card, or permit, as described in subpart
1, item C, then the applicant
must present one legible, unaltered, primary document that contains the
applicant's full name and date of birth as proof of name, date of birth, and
identity, which are described as follows:
A. A copy of the applicant's record of birth
certified by the issuing government jurisdiction of the United States, District
of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, or United States Virgin Islands may be
presented if it satisfies the following conditions:
(1) A record of birth issued by a hospital or
a baptismal certificate is not acceptable.
(2) The certified copy of the record of birth
must bear the raised or authorized seal of the issuing government jurisdiction
or a protective equivalent.
(3) The
certified record of birth must be issued by:
(a) a government bureau of vital statistics
or board of health;
(b) the United
States Department of State as a Record of Birth Abroad (FS-545, DS-1350);
or
(c) a United States embassy as a
Report of Birth Abroad of A United States Citizen (FS-240).
(4) Instead of a certified copy of
a birth record issued by a United States government bureau of vital statistics
or by a board of health, an original certificate is acceptable only if it is in
the files of the bureau or board and can be readily viewed by the official
accepting the application.
B. A certified copy of an adoption
certificate with the applicant's full name and date of birth from a United
States court of competent jurisdiction that bears the raised court seal or
other court certification may be presented.
C. An unexpired identification card (Form
DD-2 or Common Access Card) issued to the applicant by the United States
Department of Defense for active duty, reserve, or retired personnel may be
presented.
D. A valid unexpired
passport issued to the applicant by the United States Department of State may
be presented.
E. An applicant or
owner may present a valid, unexpired passport issued to the applicant from a
jurisdiction other than the United States Department of State with either:
(1) a United States Department of Justice or
United States Department of Homeland Security Arrival and Departure Form I-94
attached, bearing the same name as that on the passport and containing an
unexpired endorsement of the alien's nonimmigrant status or authorized presence
or an expired Form I-94 together with a Form I-797 accepted by the United
States Department of Justice or the United States Department of Homeland
Security within the past one year for an extension or change of the alien's
nonimmigrant status or authorized presence, or a Form I-94 endorsed "D/S"
together with an unexpired Form I-20 or Form DS-2019; or
(2) an unexpired I-551 stamp.
F. An applicant or owner may
present a Canadian birth certificate or Canadian naturalization certificate
with a United States Department of Justice or a United States Department of
Homeland Security Arrival and Departure Form I-94 attached, bearing the same
name as that on the Canadian birth certificate or Canadian naturalization
certificate and containing an unexpired endorsement of the alien's nonimmigrant
status or authorized presence. The applicant or owner must also present a
secondary document as described in subpart
3, issued by a Canadian
government agency and containing a photograph or image of the
applicant.
G. An applicant or owner
may present one of the following documents issued by the United States
Department of Justice or the United States Department of Homeland Security or
any subsequent form or version of the documents specified in this item:
(1) Certificate of Naturalization (Form
N-550, N-570, N-578);
(2)
Certificate of Citizenship (Form N-560, N-561, N-645);
(3) United States Citizen Identification card
(Form I-179 or I-197);
(4)
Permanent Resident or Resident Alien card (Form I-551 or I-151) that is valid
and not expired;
(5) Northern
Mariana card (Form I-873 with "Northern Mariana" imprinted instead of "Resident
Alien");
(6) American Indian card
(Form I-872 with "American Indian" imprinted instead of "Resident
Alien");
(7) employment
authorization document with a photograph (Form I-688, I-688A, I-688B, or I-766)
that has not expired; or
(8)
unexpired Re-entry Permit/Refugee Travel Document (I-571).
Subp. 3.
Secondary
documents.
If an applicant for a driver's license, permit, or
identification card cannot present a Minnesota driver's license, identification
card, or permit, as described in subpart
1, item C, then, in addition
to presenting a primary document, the applicant must also present a secondary
document, described as follows:
A. a
second primary document listed in subpart
2;
B. a driver's license, identification card,
or permit, with a photograph or digitized image, issued by a United States
state other than Minnesota, or by the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico,
or the United States Virgin Islands, or a Canadian province or territory, that
has expired not more than five years, or that is current;
C. a certified copy of a court order or
judgment from a United States or Canadian court of competent jurisdiction
containing the applicant's full name and date of birth and bearing the raised
court seal or other court certification;
D. a current United States or Canadian
government jurisdiction employee photo identification card;
E. a certified copy of a record of birth
issued by a government jurisdiction other than one in the United States, the
District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, or the United States Virgin
Islands;
F. a current
identification card or document issued to the applicant by the United States
Department of Defense, described as:
(1)
DD-1173 series, for dependents of active duty personnel; or
(2) DD-214, Certificate of Release or
Discharge;
G. a copy of
a marriage certificate certified by the issuing government jurisdiction, or the
original certificate only if it is in the files of the issuing jurisdiction and
can be readily viewed by the official accepting the application;
H. an unexpired permit to carry a firearm or
concealed weapon issued by a chief of police in an organized, full-time United
States Police Department or by a United States County Sheriff, bearing a color
photo of the applicant;
I. a
current pilot's license issued by the United States Department of
Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration;
J. a copy of a transcript containing the
applicant's legal full name and date of birth certified by the issuing
secondary or postsecondary school;
K. a United States nonmetal Social Security
card or a Canadian social insurance card; or
L. a current secondary school student
identification card with the student's name, a photograph or electronically
produced image of the student, and the student's date of birth or unique
student identification number.
Subp.
3a.
Verification.
The department must be able to verify with the issuing
jurisdiction the issuance of and authenticity of the primary or secondary
document presented.
A. Verification is
required if:
(1) the document provided by the
applicant is inconsistent with the department record;
(2) the document provided by the applicant
appears to be altered or fraudulent;
(3) there is reason to believe the applicant
is not legally present in the United States; or
(4) there is reason to believe the applicant
is not who the applicant claims to be.
B. If a document is presented that cannot be
verified, notice of refusal shall occur in accordance with the procedures in
part
7410.0425.
C. This subpart applies to an applicant for
an enhanced driver's license or enhanced identification card.
Subp. 4.
Identification of
owners other than individuals.
The agent or employee applying for a vehicle certificate of
title or registration for a person other than an individual must provide a
Minnesota driver's license at the time of application if the agent or employee
holds one.
Subp. 5.
Non-English documents; translation.
For all documents submitted to the department in a language
other than English:
A. The document
must be accompanied by a translation of that document into the English
language.
B. The translation must
be sworn to by the translator as being a true and accurate
translation.
C. The translator must
not be related by blood or marriage to the applicant.
D. The translator must be either:
(1) accredited by the American Translators
Association;
(2) recognized by the
Minnesota Translation Laboratory;
(3) certified by a court of competent
jurisdiction;
(4) approved by an
embassy or consulate of the United States or diplomatic or consular official of
a foreign country assigned or accredited to the United States;
(5) affiliated with or approved by the United
States Citizenship and Immigration Services, or a government jurisdiction
within the United States;
(6) an
attorney licensed to practice in the United States or affiliated with that
attorney; or
(7) a vendor listed to
provide translation service for the state of Minnesota.
Statutory Authority: MS s
14.06;
14.131
to
14.20;
168.10;
168.105;
168A.04;
168A.24;
171.01;
171.02;
171.03;
171.04;
171.06;
171.061;
171.07;
171.071;
171.10;
171.14;
299A.01;
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