483.345 - Number of license issued or renewed after January 1, 1998, not to be based on social security number; Department to convert number based on social security number upon request. [Effective un

483.345  Number of license issued or renewed after January 1, 1998, not to be based on social security number; Department to convert number based on social security number upon request. [Effective until the date of the expiration of any extension of time granted to this State by the Secretary of Homeland Security to comply with the provisions of the Real ID Act of 2005.]

      1.  The number of any driver’s license issued or renewed by the Department on or after January 1, 1998, must be a unique number that is not based on the social security number of the licensee.

      2.  If the number of a driver’s license issued by the Department is the licensee’s social security number or was formulated by using the licensee’s social security number as a basis for the number, the Department shall, upon the request of the licensee:

      (a) Convert the number of the license to a unique number that is not based on the licensee’s social security number; and

      (b) Upon surrender of the outstanding license, issue a license that contains the new number.

      (Added to NRS by 1969, 595; A 1989, 475; 1997, 838; R 2007, 2813; 2009, 1893, effective on the date of the expiration of any extension of time granted to this State by the Secretary of Homeland Security to comply with the provisions of the Real ID Act of 2005)