Wis. Admin. Code Department of Transportation Trans 102.025 - Document condition, authenticity, and verification
(1) GENERAL
DOCUMENT CONDITIONS. All documents offered by persons applying for licenses or
identification cards issued by the department shall be original documents,
unless otherwise expressly allowed. Certified copies of government documents
shall bear an original certification and the seal of the appropriate agency, or
otherwise exhibit evidence to the satisfaction of the department that the
document is an authentic, accurate and unaltered copy of the original
government document. Mutilated, altered or uncertified photocopies of documents
are not acceptable.
(1e) VALID AND
UNEXPIRED DOCUMENTS. All documents required to be produced under this chapter
must be valid and unexpired, unless exempted by another provision in this
chapter.
(1m) REAL ID COMPLIANT
ATTESTATION REQUIRED. The application for a REAL ID compliant product shall
contain the following attestation by the product applicant: "I declare under
penalty of perjury that information on this application is true and correct and
that I am a resident of Wisconsin." An application may not be accepted by the
department which lacks the affirmation, the signature of the applicant, or the
date the applicant signed the application.
Note: Product applications, Form MV3001, 3001s, 3004 and 3004s, contain this affirmation.
(1s) VERIFICATION.
(a) The department shall verify the
applicant's social security number and the minimum number of documents needed
for issuance of any product under s.
Trans
102.15.
(b) The department shall verify the social
security number and documents presented in support of a REAL ID compliant
product application in a manner required by
6 CFR
37.13.
(c) The department may refuse to issue a
product to an applicant if a social security number or any document presented
in support of an application for a product cannot be
verified.
(2) SUSPECT
DOCUMENT. The department may decline to accept any document presented as part
of an application for an operator's license, identification card, vehicle
title, or vehicle registration if it has any reason to doubt the authenticity
of the document, the identity of the person named in the document, the identity
of the applicant, that the residency information provided by the applicant is
inaccurate, or for any of the reasons specified in sub. (3). In such case, the
department may retain the document and investigate its authenticity, provide
the document to local, state, or federal authorities, require additional
documentation from the applicant to establish the fact that the document was
offered to prove, or any combination of these actions. Documents determined to
be genuine and to identify the applicant who presented them shall be returned
to the applicant, except as provided in sub. (3). A document may be retained
for investigation and be considered unacceptable if any of the following apply:
(a) The document includes a photograph and
the applicant presenting the document is not readily recognizable from the
photograph.
(b) The document
includes a photograph that matches or resembles a photograph in the
department's records, or another database or system the department uses for
identity verification, that is assigned to another person.
(c) Any facts lead the department to question
the authenticity of the document or accuracy of the data in the
document.
(3)
CONFISCATION OF DOCUMENT.
(a) Employees or
agents of the department may take possession and investigate the authenticity
of any document submitted as proof of the applicant's name and date of birth,
identity, residency, or any other fact sought to be proven to the department
and may provide those documents to local, state, or federal authorities in any
of the following circumstances:
1. The
document is or appears to be counterfeit.
2. The applicant presents documents related
to another individual under the guise that the applicant is the other
individual.
3. The document appears
not to be or is not a genuine document.
4. The document appears to have been
altered.
5. Law enforcement has
requested the department confiscate documents presented by a specific
person.
6. Signatures, photographs,
or other identifiers on the document appear to not match one or more other
signatures, photographs, or other identifiers of the applicant known to the
department.
(b) In the
event the department confiscates a document and determines that it is genuine
and relates to the person who presented it, the department shall return the
document to the person, unless the department has provided it to other local,
state or federal authorities.
Notes
Section 343.14 (5), Stats., makes it a crime to present false information in connection with an application for a driver license or ID card.
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(1) GENERAL DOCUMENT CONDITIONS. All documents offered by persons applying for licenses or identification cards issued by the department shall be original documents, unless otherwise expressly allowed. Certified copies of government documents shall bear an original certification and the seal of the appropriate agency, or otherwise exhibit evidence to the satisfaction of the department that the document is an authentic, accurate and unaltered copy of the original government document. Mutilated, altered or uncertified photocopies of documents are not acceptable.
(2) SUSPECT DOCUMENT. The department may decline to accept any document required to be presented as part of an application for an operator's license or identification card if it has any reason to suspect the authenticity of the document, the identity of the person named in the document, the identity of the applicant, that the residency information provided by the applicant is inaccurate, or for any of the reasons specified in sub. (3). In such a case, the department may retain the document and investigate its authenticity, provide the document to local, state or federal authorities, require additional documentation from the individual to establish the fact that the document was offered to prove, or any combination of these actions. Documents determined to be genuine and to identify the person who presented them shall be returned to the person , except as provided in sub. (3). Documents containing photographs of the holder may be rejected if the person is not readily recognizable from the photograph . Documents bearing signatures or reproductions of signatures of the holder may be rejected if the signature or reproduced signature does not clearly match all other signatures provided by the presenter as part of the application or on file with the department . Documents containing other data will not be accepted if any facts lead the department to question the authenticity of the document or accuracy of the data.
Note: This provision permits the
(3) CONFISCATION OF DOCUMENT.
(a) Employees or agents of the department may take possession of any document submitted as proof of the person 's name and date of birth, identity, residency or any other fact sought to be proven to the department and may turn those documents over to local, state or federal authorities in any of the following circumstances:
1. The document is or appears to be counterfeit.
2. The applicant presents documents related to another individual under the guise that the applicant is the other individual.
3. The document appears not to be or is not a genuine document.
4. The document appears to have been altered.
5. Law enforcement has requested the department confiscate documents presented by a specific person .
(b) In the event the department confiscates a document and determines that it is genuine and relates to the person who presented it, the department shall return the document to the person , unless the department has provided it to other local, state or federal authorities.
Notes
Section 343.14(5), Stats., makes it a crime to present false information in connection with an application for a driver license or ID card.