How Do Children Without Identification Cards Get Report Cards?

April 21, 2011

Question: The new automated licensing system requires that a driver’s license or ID card be presented in order to issue a fishing license and sturgeon report card. Children are required to have their own report card. However, children do not have ID cards. How does a child get a report card or a fishing license if they do not have a driver’s license at the age of 17 or 18, as many city residents do not? (Jared K.)

Answer: You are correct in that children (15 years and under) are required to have their own report card if they are fishing in waters that require a report card. Sport fishing licenses are not required until they reach 16 years of age.

All customers purchasing hunting or fishing license items, applying for any license, tag, permit, reservation or other entitlement issued through the automated licensing system must provide a form of identification to make their first purchase. Youths under 18 years of age that do not have their own identification may use their parent’s or guardian’s ID number or their own birth certificate to establish their record in the system. When they reach 18 years of age, individuals that provided only a parent or guardian’s ID will be required to provide their own identification to purchase licenses.

Acceptable forms of identification include the following (as per CCR Title 14, section 700 4(b)):

1.   Valid driver’s license or state-issued identification card

2.   US Birth Certificate

3.   US Certificate or Report of Birth Abroad

4.   INS American Indian Card

5.   Birth Certificate or passport issued from a US Territory

6.   US Passport

7.   US Military Identification Cards (active or reserve duty, dependent, retired member, discharged from service or medical/religious personnel)

8.   Certificate of Naturalization or Citizenship

9.   Previously issued ALDS license