Identifying documents must be valid or issued within the last 5 years. Identification must have a photograph, description of the person, signature of the person, and an identifying number.

• An Identification card or driver's license issued by the California Department of Motor Vehicles.
• A passport issued by the State Department of the United States
• A passport issued by a foreign government, stamped by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
• A driver's license issued by a state other than California or by a Canadian or Mexican public agency authorized to issue driver's licenses.
• An identification card issued by a state other than California
• An identification card issued by any branch of the armed forces of the United States.
• An inmate identification card, issued by the Department of Corrections, if the inmate is in custody.
• Two credible witnesses that personally know the signer in the case where the document signer lacks ID. The credible witnesses cannot be named in the document and cannot have financial interest in the document.