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From: briand@tekig1.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Re: Another form of ID
Message-ID: <1712@tekig1.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 20-Jul-84 13:03:30 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jul 20 13:03:30 1984
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     I have asked my local (Lake Oswego, Oregon) police department about IDs,
and got the following information.

     First, they do not recommend the use of SSAN because they, the nationwide
data base, cannot access them.  The Social Security Administration will not
let them.  HOWEVER, see below if you have already marked things this way.

     Second, the recommended method is EXACTLY the following:  State postal
abbreviation, followed by your driver's license number, followed by the letters
"DL" (for "Driver's License").  For example, I would mark my property:

               OR1368772DL

because I hold Oregon Driver's License #1368772.  Note, no spaces, no extra
characters, etc.

     Third, for those who do not drive, most states will issue an identity card
through their motor vehicle bureaucracy.  This is for precisely this purpose,
as well as for cashing checks, etc.

     Finally, for those who have marked property in some other way, (SSAN, etc.)
YOU can inform the police data base of the numbers YOU have used, and this will
be entered in the nationwide data base.  While the Social Security people are
not allowed to give out information on your number, YOU certainly can.  If you
do this, give them the number and letter string you have used EXACTLY, spaces
and all (but if you're on this net you're probably computer oriented to some
extent and don't need to be told this).  This option is NOT limited to SSANs
either.

     The local police department also assured me that this information is
accurate nationwide (USA), and represents the preferred methods.  They empha-
sized that the departments would not be able to interpolate, search for likely
alternates, etc. and that the search was for an EXACT match.

     Hope it helps!

-Brian Diehm
Tektronix, Inc.