Acceptable ID's for Notarizations in California

ID Card

 
You have an appointment tomorrow with your local Notary Public and you just realized that your driver's license has expired and you have no passport.  What do you do?

No worries, an expired driver's license is still acceptable provided that it was issued within the past five years from the date of your notarization.  


There are many other forms of ID that are acceptable other than Driver's Licenses and Passports.  Please see the list below indicating all the forms of identification that are approved and accepted for notarizations in the state of California. 

• State Driver License issued by a DMV in any state
• State ID Card issued by a DMV or government agency
• Employee Identification Card issued by a state or government agency
• U.S. or Foreign Passport
• U.S. Military Identification Card**
• Driver License issued by a an authorized Canadian or Mexican public agency.
• Inmate ID card issued by the California Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation (for inmates in custody in prison only)
• Any form of inmate ID issued by a sheriff’s dept. (inmates in custody in a local detention facility only)
• Employee ID card issued by an agency or office of the state of CA, or by an agency or office of a CA city, county, or city and county
• Consular identification document
• ID card issued by a federally recognized tribal government

 

1. ID must be current or issued within the last five years from the date of notarization
2. ID must contain Photograph, Physical Description, Signature, Serial Number and Expiration Date**
3. Should a signer have no approved ID, he/she must provide two personally-known witnesses with approved and valid photo ID's

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*A California Notary Public does not give legal advice.

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