[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 46, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 46CFR12.02-12]

[Page 206]
 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
         CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
 
PART 12_CERTIFICATION OF SEAMEN--Table of Contents
 
          Subpart 12.02_General Requirements for Certification
 
Sec. 12.02-12  Identity.

    (a) Each person applying for a merchant mariner's document shall 
present acceptable proof of identity. Proof of identity shall consist of 
two current forms of identification, one of which shall contain a photo 
of the applicant. The Coast Guard may require other identification 
information reasonably necessary to prove the applicant's identity.
    (b) The following credentials are acceptable proof of identity:
    (1) Unexpired U.S. military identification card;
    (2) Unexpired U.S. driver's license;
    (3) Unexpired U.S. passport;
    (4) Unexpired official identification card issued by a federal, 
State, or local government or by a territory or possession of the U.S. 
(including a federal employee's identification credential);
    (5) Unexpired port credential, with photo of the applicant, issued 
by State or local port authority;
    (6) Unexpired law enforcement credential, with photo of the 
applicant;
    (7) Unexpired merchant mariner's document issued after February 3, 
2003;
    (8) Unexpired foreign passport; or
    (9) Birth Certificate or Birth Registration, issued by a State, 
county, municipality or outlying possession of the U.S.

[USCG-2003-14500, 69 FR 532, Jan. 6, 2004]