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TITLE 46 - SHIPPING
CHAPTER I - COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
SUBCHAPTER B - MERCHANT MARINE OFFICERS AND SEAMEN
PART 12 - CERTIFICATION OF SEAMEN
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]
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