Mississippi Administrative Code
Title 31 - Public Safety
Part 1 - DRIVER SERVICES ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
Chapter 7 - Identification Documentation
Rule 31-1-7.4 - Proof of Domicile Miss. Code Ann. Section 63-1-19

Universal Citation: MS Code of Rules 31-1-7.4

Current through September 24, 2024

1. Every applicant for an original license or identification card who is over eighteen (18) years of age must show proof of domicile in this state to receive a license or identification card. No post office box number may be used as evidence of domicile. Any proof of documents must obtain a physical address. The examiner shall note on the application the type of documentation used to determine domicile. Applicants under twenty-one (21) years of age may use documentation that applies to their parents' domicile.

2. The following evidence or other reliable evidence may be considered in establishing, but is not necessarily determinative of domicile. Proof of domicile must be in the applicant's or applicant's spouse's name, or in the event applicant is under twenty-one (21) years of age, their parent's name.

a. Electric Bill

b. Water Bill

c. Lease or Rental Agreement

d. Car Tag Registration Papers

e. Mortgage Papers

f. Homestead Exemption Receipt

g. Bank Statement with Physical Address (No blank checks accepted)

h. Notarized employer verification on employer letterhead stating address of applicant (must be notarized and include phone number)

i. Mississippi license issued to parent or legal guardian when applicant is under twenty-one (21) years of age.

3. Letters from hospitals or rehab clinics will not be accepted unless applicant has a Mississippi Birth Certificate.

4. Miss. Code Ann. § 63-1-19 (amended 2002):

a. From and after September 1, 2002, this section shall read as follows:
i. Every applicant for a license issued pursuant to this article, or for renewal of such license or permit, shall file an application for such license, permit or renewal, on a form provided by the Department of Public Safety, with the Commissioner or an official license examiner of the department. All persons not holding valid, unexpired licenses issued in this state shall be required to secure an original license, except those specifically exempted from licensing under Miss. Code Ann. § 63-1-7. The applicant shall state the name, date of birth, the Social Security Number of the applicant unless the applicant is not a United States citizen and does not possess a Social Security Number issued by the United States government, sex, race, color of eyes, color of hair, weight, height and residence address and whether or not the applicant's privilege to drive has been suspended or revoked at any time and if so, when, by whom and for what cause and whether previous application by him has been denied and whether he has any physical defects which would interfere with his operating a motor vehicle safely upon the highways.

ii. Every applicant for an original license shall show proof of domicile in this state. The Commissioner shall promulgate any rules and regulations necessary to enforce this requirement and shall prescribe the means by which an applicant for an original license may show domicile in this state. Proof of domicile shall not be required of applicants under eighteen (18) years of age.

iii. Unless the applicant is not a United States citizen and does not possess a Social Security Number issued by the United States government, each application or filing made under this section shall include the Social Security Number(s) of the applicant in accordance with Miss. Code Ann. § 93-11-64.

b. No person who is illegally in the United States or Mississippi shall be issued a license. The applicant of a person who is not a United States citizen and who does not possess a Social Security Number issued by the United States government shall state the name, date of birth, sex, race, color of eyes, color of hair, weight, height and residence address, and whether or not the applicant's privilege to drive has been suspended or revoked at any time, and if so, when, by whom, and for what cause, and whether any previous application by him has been denied, and whether he has any physical defects which would interfere with his operating a motor vehicle safely upon the highways. The Commissioner shall adopt and promulgate such rules and regulations as he deems appropriate requiring additional documents, materials, information or physical evidence to be provided by the applicant as may be necessary to establish the identity of the applicant and that the applicant is not present in the United States or the State of Mississippi illegally.

c.
i.Any male who is at least eighteen (18) years of age but less than twenty-six (26) years of age and who applies for a permit or license or renewal of a permit or license under this chapter shall be registered in compliance with the requirements of Section 3 of the Military Selective Service Act, 50 USCS Appx, et seq., as amended.

ii. The department shall forward in an electronic format the necessary personal information of the applicant to the Selective Service System. The applicant's submission of the application shall serve as an indication that the applicant either has already registered with the Selective Service System or that he is authorizing the department to forward to the Selective Service System the necessary information for registration. The Commissioner shall notify the applicant on, or as a part of, the application that his submission of the application will serve as his consent to registration with the Selective Service System, if so required. The Commissioner also shall notify any male applicant under the age of eighteen (18) that he will be registered upon turning age eighteen (18) as required by federal law.

Miss. Code Ann. § 45-1-3

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