Who can I contact if I have questions,
or if I would like more information?
Please contact your local county
DMV ofce, or call
208-334-8663
to reach an ITD
customer service
representative.
334-
8663
New registration and title requirements
for vehicles became effective July 1,
2009, with the passage of Senate Bill
1053 by the Idaho Legislature.
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Before you can register or title your vehicle,
you will need to provide either your Idaho
driver’s license number, Idaho ID card
*
number, or social security number (SSN), or
your individual taxpayer identication number
(ITIN), along with your full legal name and
physical address, and mailing addresss if
different. If registering or titling a vehicle for
a business, you will need your EIN (Employer
Identication Number) which is your tax
identication number.
If I am just renewing a registration,
do I need to comply with all the name,
number, and address requirements?
When renewing an existing registration, provide
your Idaho driver’s license, ID card number,
ITIN, or your social security
number along with your physical
address, and mailing address if
different. The DMV clerk may
make formatting adjustments to
your name on the registration to
match full legal name.
Do all businesses and trusts have
an Employer Identication Number
(EIN)?
No, but most do. Single member LLCs and sole
proprietorships generally will not have EINs
unless they have employees. All other businesses
should have an EIN.
Trusts usually have EINs, except for grantor
trusts. These are trusts where the grantor (the
person who creates the trust and transfers
property to the trust) retains certain power over
or benets in the trust, and therefore is taxed on
the income as the “owner” of the trust. Other
types of trusts that do not produce an income of
$600.00 a year may not have an EIN, either.
If I am applying for a title with
another person, do I need to provide
that person’s Idaho driver’s license
number, ID card number, ITIN, or
SSN and full legal name?
Yes, Idaho law now requires this information.
What if I have a trust, a single member
LLC, or a sole proprietorship that
does not have an EIN?
You may complete a form entitled
“Certication of No EIN for a Business,
Trust, or Other Entity” (form ITD3823) which
is available at any county assessor’s motor
vehicle ofce, or at the DMV’s website at
dmv.idaho.gov.
After the county or ITD has received and
recorded this form, the system will generate
a customer number for that entity after
programming has been completed in the future.
This number should be kept for use in future title
and registration transactions.
Rev. 01/15
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*Idaho ID card issued by a county sheriff’s driver’s license ofce.
IDAHO
PERSONAL INFORMATION
REQUIREMENTS
for all
VEHICLE REGISTRATIONS
AND TITLES
For more title and registration
information,visit our website at:
dmv.idaho.gov
How does this benet me?
MORE CONVENIENCE: When DMV’s “One
Person-One Record” system is operational and
you move to a new address, you will only have to
report the address change one time to update all
of your driver and vehicle records. (Remember
- you are required by law to notify the DMV
within 30 days of changing your address.) The
current system requires you to update each record
separately. If you forget to update a record, you
may not receive your registration renewal
notices.
LESS STRESS OR CONFUSION:
When legal or administrative action is
taken against someone with the same or
a similar name as yours, it is less likely
you will be contacted with bad news by
mistake.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
PERSONAL INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS
Why the new requirements?
The Idaho Transportation Department (ITD)
Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) is working
towards a “One Person-One Record” system
where all of a person’s (or business entity’s) title,
registration and driver records
will be associated with that
person (or business) in one master
record. The common tie will be a
number - the Idaho driver’s license
number or ID card number, SSN
or ITIN for individuals, or the
EIN for businesses. This system
will also help DMV comply with a state law that
will require identication of all of a person’s
registrations. Because some individuals share
the same name, and someone may have used
several names or name variations on his/her
registrations, it will be impossible to sort and
identify all of his/her records unless there is a
customer number on each record.
NONE PERSO
ONE RECORD
What can I show to verify my full
legal name?
A number of identication documents can be used
for this purpose, including:
• Idaho driver’s license or ID card
• A driver’s license issued by another state
• An identication card issued by another state
DMV
• Foreign Passport
• An original naturalization/citizenship document
• An original or certied U.S. birth certicate or
certied abstract
• An Immigration/Naturalization card from the
Dept. of Homeland Security, e.g., employment
authorization card, permanent residency card, etc.
• Certied court name change document
• Guardianship or custody documents, notarized
or court-certied
• Certied marriage certicate (meeting Idaho
Standards) w/seal & document # showing it was
recorded (for last name verication only)
• Certied divorce document from court or state
vital statistics ofce.
Which address should I provide if I
have several?
Provide the address that you consider
your home - the place that you plan
to return and remain. Do not provide your
workplace, vacation, or part-time residence
address.
If I have an Idaho driver’s license or
ID card, do I also have to provide
my SSN?
No. If you have provided your Idaho driver’s
license number or ID card number, there is no
need to provide your SSN. If you do not have
your driver’s license or ID card with you, the
county may be able to look it up. You may
choose to provide your SSN
instead, but this will not be
necessary if the county is
able to retrieve your driver’s
license or ID card record.
If I don’t have an Idaho driver’s
license or ID card, but I have an
SSN, do I need to show my Social
Security card? Can I just provide
the number?
If you have a
driver’s license or
ID card issued by
another state, you
may simply provide
your SSN and the
DMV will enter
it on your title or
registration record.
If you do not have a
driver’s license or ID card issued by another
state, you will need to bring your social security
card for verication along with another form of
acceptable legal identication for legal name
verication (see list).
What if I don’t have an Idaho
driver’s license, Idaho ID card, or
an SSN?
If you have an ITIN, bring your ITIN card or
a copy of the letter from the IRS that shows
this number was assigned to you, along with
other documentation to verify your full legal
name (see list). Otherwise, you will need
to complete a form certifying you have no
SSN (form ITD3923), together with other
documentation to verify your full legal
name (see list). There are three exceptions -
if you are a foreign visitor, a foreign student,
or in a foreign military, you may show your
passport and state that you are here
on a student or visitor’s visa, or
are in a foreign military in lieu of
providing the certication form. The
certication form is required in all
other situations.
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