Chapter 1 – General Administration

14010.22.1 Identification of Persons

• An employee acting as a notary may only acknowledge an instrument in accordance with the current Notary Public Handbook published by the Secretary of State.
  Satisfactory evidence for identifying incarcerated persons shall be a supplemental incarcerated person identification card as described below.

• Supplemental incarcerated person identification cards will include the incarcerated person’s full name, physical description (height, weight, hair, eyes, date of birth, and gender), the incarcerated person’s photograph, the incarcerated person’s signature, the incarcerated person’s CDCRCalifornia Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation number, and contain the following heading: “California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCRCalifornia Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation), Temporary Supplemental Identification (IDInstitutions Division (see DAI)) Card for Notary Purposes Only.” These cards are used for the sole purpose of identifying incarcerated persons for notary services and will not be given to the incarcerated person at any time for any reason.

• Each institution shall develop and maintain a DOMDepartment Operations Manual Supplement in accordance with Civil Code Section 1185, DOMDepartment Operations Manual Chapter 1, Article 18, Legal Matters, and DOMDepartment Operations Manual Chapter 1, Article 6, Policy Directives.