A. A REAL ID-compliant identification card shall bear the applicant's full legal name; date of birth; sex; current New Mexico residence address; full-face or front-view digital photograph of the identification card holder; a unique identification card number; a date of issuance; an expiration date; a brief description of the identification card holder; and the signature of the holder, and the identification card shall indicate donor status.

B. A standard identification card shall bear the applicant's full name; date of birth; sex; current New Mexico residence address; full-face or front-view digital photograph of the identification card holder; a unique identification card number; a date of issuance; an expiration date; a brief description of the identification card holder; and the signature of the holder, and the identification card shall indicate donor status.

C. A valid license or identification card shall satisfy the identity, age and New Mexico residency requirements for the issuance of a standard identification card to an applicant.

D. All identification cards of persons under the age of twenty-one years shall have a printed legend indicating that the person is under twenty-one.

E. A standard identification card shall not include a gold star pursuant to Section 66-5-15.3 NMSA 1978 and shall bear the statement:

"STATE OF NEW MEXICO IDENTIFICATION

CARD NO.____________

This card is provided solely for the purpose of establishing that the bearer described on the card was not the holder of a New Mexico driver's license as of the date of issuance of this card. This identification card is not a license. ISSUED FOR IDENTIFICATION PURPOSES ONLY. NOT INTENDED FOR FEDERAL PURPOSES.".

F. A REAL ID-compliant identification card shall be distinguishable in color or design from a standard identification card but only to the extent that a standard identification card shall bear the statement: "NOT INTENDED FOR FEDERAL PURPOSES", and a REAL ID-compliant identification card shall include a gold star pursuant to Section 66-5-15.3 NMSA 1978.

G. A REAL ID-compliant identification card shall bear the statement:

"STATE OF NEW MEXICO IDENTIFICATION

CARD NO.____________________

This card is provided for the purpose of establishing that the bearer described on the card was not the holder of a New Mexico driver's license as of the date of issuance of this card. This identification card is not a license. ISSUED FOR IDENTIFICATION PURPOSES ONLY.".

H. A REAL ID-compliant identification card issued to a foreign national with lawful status who fails to prove that the foreign national's lawful status will not expire prior to the date on which the identification card applied for would expire but for the person being a foreign national shall clearly indicate on its face and in the machine readable zone that it is temporary and shall bear the word "TEMPORARY".

History: 1953 Comp., § 64-5-405, enacted by Laws 1978, ch. 35, § 332; 1987, ch. 10, § 2; 2004, ch. 59, § 21; 2016, ch. 79, § 12; 2019, ch. 167, § 12.

The 2019 amendment, effective October 1, 2019, provided for REAL ID-compliant identification cards; in Subsection A, after the subsection designation, deleted "An" and added "A REAL ID-compliant", deleted former Subsections B and C, added new subsection designation "D" and redesignated former Subsections B and C as Subsections E and F; in Subsection E, in the introductory clause, deleted "An" and added "A standard", after "identification card", deleted "not intended to be accepted by federal agencies for official federal purposes" and added "shall not include a gold star pursuant to Section 66-5-15.3 NMSA 1978 and", and after "NOT", deleted "INTENDED"; in Subsection F, added "A REAL ID-compliant", after "identification card", deleted "that meets federal requirements to be accepted by federal agencies for official federal purposes", after "design from", deleted "an" and added "a standard", after "identification card", deleted "not intended to be accepted by federal agencies for official federal purposes and" and added the remainder of the subsection; added new subsection designation G and redesignated former Subsection D as Subsection H; in Subsection G, added "A REAL ID-compliant identification card"; and in Subsection H, deleted "An" and added "A REAL ID-compliant", and after "identification card", deleted "that meets federal requirements to be accepted by federal agencies for official federal purposes".

The 2016 amendment, effective May 18, 2016, amended the required contents of identification cards; after the catchline, deleted "The identification card shall adequately describe the registrant and bear his picture that shall show a full face or front view for all registrants and" and added the subsection designation "A"; in Subsection A, added "An identification card shall bear the applicant's full legal name; date of birth; sex; current New Mexico residence address; full-face or front-view digital photograph of the identification card holder; a unique identification card number; a date of issuance; an expiration date; a brief description of the identification card holder and the signature of the holder, and the identification card shall"; added the subsection designation "B"; in Subsection B, added "An", after "identification card", added "not intended to be accepted by federal agencies for official federal purposes", and after "shall bear the", deleted "following", after "ISSUED FOR IDENTIFICATION PURPOSES ONLY", added "NOT FOR FEDERAL PURPOSES"; and added new Subsections C and D.

The 2004 amendment, effective March 4, 2004, added "and indicate donor status" after "registrants" in the first sentence.