1. (1) Upon original application for a driver's license, an applicant must present evidence of the applicant's Montana residence address. A Montana residence or street address must be provided; if the applicant does not receive mail at the residence or street address, a Montana post office box or mailing address also must be provided.

2. (2) The department will accept the following documents as evidence of a Montana residence address, provided the document shows the applicant's name and Montana residence address as it appears on the driver's license application:

   1. (a) any primary or secondary document as listed in ARM 23.3.131;
   2. (b) a US or Montana income tax return for the previous year;
   3. (c) a Montana voter registration card;
   4. (d) a receipt for personal or real property taxes paid within the last year to the state of Montana or a Montana county;
   5. (e) a current automobile or life insurance policy or statement;
   6. (f) a certified copy of school records issued by the school the applicant is currently attending or attended within four months of the application;
   7. (g) a written statement from the applicant's parent, guardian, or adult child that the applicant resides at the same address as the parent, guardian, or adult child, along with a copy of a document permitted under this rule that evidences the Montana residence address of the applicant's parent, guardian, or adult child;
   8. (h) the original copy of a rental agreement or rent payment receipt signed by the landlord or rental agent that includes the applicant's name and residence address;
   9. (i) home mortgage or equity loan papers showing the applicant's name and residence address; a rural address will be accepted when there is no other physical address;

   10. (j) any of the following, dated or issued not more than four months prior to application:

       1. (i) a payroll check or payroll check stub;
       2. (ii) a bank statement;
       3. (iii) a utility bill or utility hook-up order;
       4. (iv) canceled mail addressed to the applicant; or
   11. (k) if the applicant is homeless, a descriptive address of the location where the applicant primarily resides, e.g., "under the west end of the east street bridge." The applicant must also provide a separate mailing address and present a written statement from a social service agency on the agency's letterhead verifying the applicant's homeless status and the descriptive address given by the applicant.

Authorizing statute(s): Sec. 61-5-125, MCA

Implementing statute(s): Sec. 61-5-103, 61-5-107, 61-5-111, MCA

History: NEW, 2000 MAR p. 2524, Eff. 9/22/00; AMD, 2002 MAR p. 1316, Eff. 4/26/02.