1. What Is A License Document Number
2. Document Number On Driver's License Ontario S License Ontario Canada
3. Document Number On Ontario Drivers License
4. Document Number On Drivers License Ontario Ny

This post about the so-called Document Discriminatoron driver’s licenses is somewhat off-topic for this blog. However, I find this tidbit of information so interesting that I feel compelled to write about it.

Driver’s License / ID Card Standard. As a result of Real ID, AAMVA prepared, and revised over time, a driver’s license / ID card standard. That standard describes the document discriminator as follows: Number must uniquely identify a particular document issued to that customer from others that may have been issued in the past. A copy of your valid driver license may be provided. You may give a copy of training certificate if you had completed a driver education course. They will need to know about your vehicle. You may need to provide the vehicle registration papers showing ownership proof, identification numbers and license plate number.

1. A driver’s licence is not a universal identity card. Rather, it is a means to enforce traffic laws and offer proof that someone is authorized to operate a motor vehicle. The driver’s licence number is sensitive and valuable to those intent on committing identity crimes.
2. A driver's license history report will also reveal the driver's current address along with the driver's license history and the driver's address history for the last five years. In order to conduct these searches we require the individual's driver's license number.
3. Document Discriminator. It's supposed to identify where the original license was issued to you. No, it doesn't mean Drunk Driver. DUI falls off after 10 years in California.

What Is A License Document Number

I first presented this information in a Quora answer that I wrote last month. Please see What does the DD on a Michigan driver’s license mean?

DD = Document Discriminator

DD is an abbreviation for Document Discriminator. A number of states started adding this piece of information to their driver’s licenses several years ago.

The DD is a security code that identifies where and when the license was issued. It, thus, uniquely identifies each card for a given individual. Accordingly, it serves to thwart people who wish to tamper with, counterfeit or duplicate a government document.

Please note that the document discriminator does not include the driver’s license number.

The DD has its genesis in the 2005 federal Real ID Act. Page 29 of a September 2006 report by the National Governors Association, the National Conference of State Legislatures, and the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators provides the following explanation. (AAMVA represents U.S. states and Canadian provinces.)

The Act requires States to incorporate “physical security features designed to prevent tampering, counterfeiting, or duplication of the document for fraudulent purposes.”

Driver’s License / ID Card Standard

Document Number On Driver's License Ontario S License Ontario Canada

As a result of Real ID, AAMVA prepared, and revised over time, a driver’s license / ID card standard. That standard describes the document discriminator as follows:

Number must uniquely identify a particular document issued to that customer from others that may have been issued in the past. This number may serve multiple purposes of document discrimination, audit information number, and/or inventory control.

Document Number On Ontario Drivers License

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Document Number On Drivers License Ontario Ny

This image is pretty much self explanatory.

Many people in Ontario work in the service industry. In some cases, such as waiters and waitresses, it may be necessary to look at a driver’s licence to verify a person’s age. But it is also helpful to know if the ID being presented is a FAKE ID. As you can see, there are a lot of minor points in a real licence has that a fake licence may not have.
In no particular order:

• The picture should match the person in front of you of course.
• The last 6 digits of a drivers license are the y-ymmdd of your birthday.
• The mm of a female licence is 50 higher. So a man born on jan. 1 is 0101 a female is 5101.
• The first letter of a drivers licence is the same as the first letter of your last name.
• The year month and date of birth are under the photo.
• Not shown in this picture is that people under 19 have an extra line that says when they turn 19.