Serving Long Beach, South Bay, Orange County & Surrounding Areas

ACCEPTABLE IDENTIFICATION

IMPORTANT:  All of the identification documents listed below must be current or issued within the past five years in order to be accepted by California Notaries

1. A California driver’s license or nondriver’s ID

2. A U.S. passport (or passport card)

3. An inmate identification card issued by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation if the inmate is in prison or any form of inmate identification issued by a sheriff’s department if the inmate is in custody in a local detention facility)

4. A driver’s license or official nondriver’s ID issued by a U.S. state

5. A Canadian or Mexican driver’s license issued by an appropriate public agency

6. A U.S. military ID

7. A valid foreign passport from the applicant’s country of citizenship

8. An employee ID issued by an agency or office of a California city, county, or city and county

9. An identification card issued by a federally-recognized tribal government

10. A consular ID -  must be current or issued in the past five years; have a serial or identification number; and contain the signature, photograph and description of the bearer. It’s            important to note that the “matricula consular” IDs issued by Mexican consulates do not meet these requirements and cannot be accepted as satisfactory evidence of a signer’s            identity in California.

11. The oath or affirmation of one or two credible witnesses

*Items 4 through 10  are ONLY acceptable as California Identification IF they ALSO contain the following: photograph, description of the person, signature of the person, and an identifying number.

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