Section 73.3. Application

(a) Initial issuance. Application for an initial issuance of a photographic driver’s license shall be made at a driver examination station in this Commonwealth. An applicant shall provide his name, address, date of birth, height, eye color, social security number and the original or certified copy of one of the following documents verifying the applicant’s date of birth and identity:

(1) Birth certificate.

(2) Passport.

(3) Certificate of United States Citizenship (Immigration and Naturalization Service Form No. N-560).

(4) Certificate of Naturalization (Immigration and Naturalization Service Form No. N-550 or N-570).

(5) Marriage record.

(6) Military identification card.

(7) Immigration certificate.

(8) Selective service identification card.

(9) Pennsylvania photographic identification card.

(10) Birth registration.

(11) Alien registration card.

(12) Expired Pennsylvania driver’s license.

(13) Expired Pennsylvania learner’s permit.

(14) Nonresident driver’s license.

(b) Camera card. Issuance of camera cards shall conform with the following:

(1) A qualified applicant for renewal, replacement or initial issuance of a driver’s license shall receive a camera card which may be used to receive a photographic or valid without photo driver’s license until the expiration date specified on the camera card. The camera card is valid as a driver’s license for a period of 60 days from the date of validation by the Department.

(2) If a camera card is mutilated, lost, stolen, destroyed or becomes illegible, the person to whom it was issued shall obtain a replacement camera card upon payment of the required fee.

(c) Photo center. Except as provided in subsection (d), holders of a camera card shall go to a photo center to have their photograph taken and provide the following:

(1) Their signature on a form prescribed by the Department. The signature of a witness is required if the applicant makes a mark in lieu of a signature. The witness shall be in possession of one of the documents specified in paragraph (3) verifying the identity of the witness.

(2) Their social security number, height and eye color.

(3) One of the following forms of identification bearing the camera card holder’s signature:

(i) Passport.

(ii) Certificate of United States Citizenship (Immigration and Naturalization Service Form No. N-560).

(iii) Certificate of Naturalization (N-550) (Immigration and Naturalization Service Form No. N-550 or N-570).

(iv) Pennsylvania photographic driver’s license.

(v) Pennsylvania photographic identification card.

(vi) Photographic employe identification card.

(vii) Photographic military identification card.

(viii) Pennsylvania vehicle registration card.

(ix) Pennsylvania photographic welfare card.

(x) Photographic bank identification card.

(xi) Weapons permit.

(xii) Photographic school identification card.

(xiii) Voter registration card.

(xiv) Medicare card.

(xv) Pennsylvania learner’s permit or a temporary license issued by the Pennsylvania State Police.

(xvi) Nonresident driver’s license.

(d) Exemptions. Exemptions include the following:

(1) A person who will be temporarily residing outside of this Commonwealth as a result of employment, military service or attendance at an educational institution, or the spouse or dependent child who resides with the person, may apply for a valid-without-photo driver’s license in lieu of a photographic driver’s license if one of the following applies:

(i) In the case of a renewal, that the applicant will be absent for the entire 60-day period preceding the scheduled expiration of his driver’s license.

(ii) In the case of a replacement or initial issuance, that the applicant will be absent for the entire 60-day validity period of the camera card.

(2) The Department may also allow a person to apply for a valid-without-photo driver’s license in lieu of a photographic driver’s license due to a public or private emergency.

(3) Upon termination of the emergency or the temporary residence outside of this Commonwealth, the holder of a valid-without-photo driver’s license shall apply for a photographic driver’s license within 45 days of the holder’s return to this Commonwealth.

(4) The Department may also allow a person to apply for a valid-without-photo driver’s license in lieu of a photographic driver’s license upon certification that having a photograph taken would violate the tenets of the holder’s religion or religious beliefs.

The provisions of this § 73.3 adopted February 22, 1980, effective February 23, 1980, 10 Pa.B. 857; amended April 11, 1980, effective April 12, 1980, 10 Pa.B. 1542; amended July 22, 1988, effective July 23, 1988, 18 Pa.B. 3214. Immediately preceding text appears at serial pages (56432) to (56433).

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Cross References

This section cited in 67 Pa. Code § 73.2 (relating to definitions).