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Originally Posted by jrc
WRONG!
Ok, it's a little silly dredging up an old topic and replying to my own post. But what I said about not needing a Photo ID is wrong. So I felt I had to correct it.
So here is the law, check 1(c), seems like you must have and produce positive identification.
270:12-b Disobeying an Officer. –
...(c) Knowingly refuse, on demand of a peace officer or agent of the director, to produce some means of positive identification such as a driver's license, passport, or other document, or to verify his identity by some other means so that the identity of the operator or person otherwise in charge of a vessel can be determined with reasonable certainty by such peace officer or agent of the director; ...
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Actually JRC, you were right the first time.
There is no requirement to produce a photo ID. If you carefully read sub-section c, in particular the section highlighted in red, you see the caveat.
The usual way to identify an individual without verifiable documentation is to ascertain the name, address and date of birth of the person in question. A license check will be run through the State the individual claims and the physical descriptors from the license data base will be matched against the operator's characteristics. In most cases, the officer can also obtain the social security number of the individual being claimed, and ask the operator for part of that number. Most agencies no longer give out the entire number for security reasons, but be expected to know the last four digits of same.
Believe me, with today's technology very few people slip through the crack.
On the not too distant horizon officers in the field will have access to photo and fingerprint data bases for instant "in the field" identification. Some departments in the State already are employing this technology at the police cruiser or command post level. In other parts of the country, this information is available on handheld palm pilot like devices.
Anyway, its a lot easier on both parties if a posive means of identity, preferably a driver's license, is always handy. But if caught short, you will not violate the law if you cooperate with the investigating officer and answer his or her questions on your identity honestly.....