Valid forms of Identification for notary services

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Most Common:

  • California Drivers License
  • California Issued ID
  • US Passport
  • Inmate ID card (issued by California Department of Corrections or California Sheriff’s Department)

Other forms of Identifications can also be valid when they include four elements

  1. photograph
  2. description
  3. signature
  4. serial number.

Examples of other forms of identification (must contain all four elements above):

  • Valid Consular Identification document
  • Foreign Passport
  • Drivers License issued from another state, Mexico or Canada
  • Identification card issued by another state
  • Employee ID issued by California: city, county, state or agency/office there of
  • ID issued by federally recognized tribal government
  • US Military ID (Caution: current military ID’s might not contain all the required elements) 

Identity is established if the notary public is presented with satisfactory evidence of the signer’s identity. -California Civil Code section 1185(a) https://notary.cdn.sos.ca.gov/forms/notary-handbook-2019.pdf