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<section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="16-106" title_number="16" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Drivers' Licenses" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Issuance, Expiration, and Renewal of Licenses">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Each application for a driver’s license shall be made on the form that the Administration requires.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The application shall state:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The full name, Maryland residence address, race, sex, height, weight, general physical condition, and date of birth of the applicant;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Whether the applicant previously has been refused a license to drive and, if so:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>By what state or country; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The date of and reason for the refusal;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Whether the applicant previously has been licensed to drive and, if so:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>When and by what state or country; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Whether the license ever has been suspended, revoked, or canceled and, if so, the date of and reason for the suspension, revocation, or cancellation;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Subject to the provisions of subsection (c) of this section, the applicant’s Social Security number; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Any other pertinent information that the Administration requires.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>An applicant shall provide:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Satisfactory documentary evidence that the applicant has a valid Social Security number by presenting the applicant’s Social Security Administration account card or, if the Social Security Administration account card is not available, any of the following documents bearing the applicant’s Social Security number:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>A current W–2 form;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A current SSA–1099 form;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>A current non–SSA–1099 form; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>A current pay stub with the applicant’s name and Social Security number on it; or</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Satisfactory documentary evidence that the applicant is not eligible for a Social Security number.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The applicant shall sign the application and certify that the statements made in it are true.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, an applicant for an original license shall submit with the application a birth certificate or other proof of age and identity that is satisfactory to the Administration.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>An individual party to an absolute divorce may elect to use a prior legal or true name upon filing an affidavit or other proof, satisfactory to the Administration, of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The prior name; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The absolute divorce.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>An applicant who claims a name change by or under the common law of this State or any other state shall submit with the applicant’s application the following:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>An affidavit of the name by which the applicant is known and transacts business, as demonstrated by a Social Security card or record together with documents from at least 2 of the following categories:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>Tax records;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>Selective Service card or records;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>Voter registration card or records;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="4">
          <text>Passport;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="5">
          <text>A form of identification issued by a government unit that contains a photograph of the applicant;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="6">
          <text>Baptismal certificate;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="7">
          <text>Banking records; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="8">
          <text>Other proof of age and identity that is satisfactory to the Administration;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Any document required under subparagraph (i) of this paragraph reflecting the legal name previously given to, or used by, the applicant prior to assuming the common law name;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Any driver’s license issued to the applicant in the name previously used by the applicant prior to assuming the common law name; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>A copy of the applicant’s birth certificate or other proof of age and identity that is satisfactory to the Administration.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>An applicant shall provide satisfactory documentary evidence that the applicant has lawful status.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>If an individual previously licensed to drive in another jurisdiction applies for a license, the Administration may request a copy of his driving record from the other jurisdiction.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>If another licensing jurisdiction requests a driving record from the Administration, the Administration may send the record to it without charge.</text>
  </level>
</section>
