2020 New Jersey Revised Statutes
Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation
Section 39:2-3.4a - Information, documentation required from applicant.
39:2-3.4a Information, documentation required from applicant.
5. a. An applicant for a standard basic driver's license, standard motorcycle license, standard permit, standard probationary license, or standard non-driver identification card shall only be required to provide information or documentation necessary to determine eligibility for the standard basic driver's license, standard motorcycle license, standard permit, standard probationary license, or standard non-driver identification card for which the applicant has applied. This provision shall not prohibit voluntary submission of documents as a proof of identity to obtain a standard basic driver's license, standard motorcycle license, standard permit, standard probationary license, or standard non-driver identification card.
Any application form for a standard basic driver's license, standard motorcycle license, standard permit, standard probationary license, or standard non-driver identification card shall not request or require an applicant to state the reason for which an applicant is ineligible to receive a social security number.
b. The commission may not retain copies, scanned images, or records of any kind of primary or secondary documents submitted to establish eligibility to obtain a standard basic driver's license, standard motorcycle license, standard permit, standard probationary license, or standard non-driver identification card, in accordance with the point based identification verification program established pursuant to section 28 of P.L.2003, c.13 (C.39:2A-28), except when necessary for purposes of investigating identity fraud, driver's license fraud, or non-driver identification card fraud.
c. The commission shall not disclose or otherwise make accessible for any purposes related to Title 8 of the United States Code any portion of any record that identifies whether or not the type of basic driver's license, motorcycle license, permit, probationary license, or non-driver identification card that a person has applied for complies with the provisions of the "REAL ID Act of 2005," Pub.L.109-13, any acts amendatory or supplementary thereto, and any federal regulations adopted thereunder, except where: (1) the applicant provides written informed consent to the disclosure; (2) the requesting entity presents a warrant signed by a State or federal judge, lawful court order, or subpoena; (3) required by State or federal law; or (4) the disclosure is in connection with an audit or investigation of identity fraud, driver's license fraud, or non-driver identification fraud.
L.2019, c.271, s.5.
