Acceptable Forms of ID

Government identification that is current, contains the signature or a photograph of the individual, and is satisfactory to the notarial officer include any of the following:

• A passport

• Driver’s license or government-issued nondriver identification card, which is current and unexpired

• An identification card issued by any branch of the United States armed forces

• An inmate identification card issued by the Department of Corrections for an inmate who is currently in the custody of the Department of Corrections

• An identification card issued by the United States Department of Homeland Security

• A Social Security card

• A Pennsylvania State university identification card or State-related university identification card

• A Pennsylvania medical marijuana identification card

• A consular identification document issued by a consulate from the individual’s country of citizenship, provided it uses letters, characters and a language that are read, written and understood by the notary public

A notarial officer may refuse to perform a notarial act if the notarial officer is not satisfied that the physical appearance of the individual signing the record or statement substantially conforms to the photograph on a form of identification used to determine the identity of the individual.