Harold Goodman

• State Driver License issued by a DMV in any state
• State ID Card issued by a DMV or government agency
• Employee Identification Card issued by a state or government agency
• U.S. or Foreign Passport
• U.S. Military Identification Card
• Driver License issued by a an authorized Canadian or Mexican public agency.
• Inmate ID card issued by the California Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation (for inmates in custody in prison only)
• Any form of inmate ID issued by a sheriff’s dept. (inmates in custody in a local detention facility only)
• Employee ID card issued by an agency or office of the state of CA, or by an agency or office of a CA city, county, or city and county
• Consular identification document
• ID card issued by a federally recognized tribal government

1. ID must be current or issued within the last five years from the date of notarization
2. ID must contain Photograph, Physical Description, Signature, Serial Number and Expiration Date
3. Should a signer have no approved ID, he/she must provide two personally-known witnesses with approved and valid photo ID's

Credible witnesses may be used when a signer does not possess an identification document listed in the statute and it would be difficult or impossible to obtain one. In addition, a credible witness may be used when the witness is not named nor financially interested in the document. 

A credible witness must know the signer well enough to swear or affirm five facts to the Notary:

1. The signer is named in the document.

2. The credible witness personally knows the signer.

3. The signer doesn’t possess a qualifying identification document.

4. The signer’s circumstances make it difficult or impossible to obtain a qualifying identification document.

5. The credible witness is not named in nor financially interested in the document.

One credible witness may be used to identify the signer if the witness personally knows the Notary and the signer. Two witnesses who do not personally know the Notary may be used as well.