Wisconsin Driver License Number vs. ID Card Number

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation not only issues operator’s licenses to Wisconsin residents, but also issues photo identification cards to subjects.  Information on these identification cards may be listed on a wanted person entry, subject to the following guidelines:

1.  If there is no Wisconsin driver's license issued, the driver's license number cannot be entered, regardless of what status is listed.

2.  If the Wisconsin driver's privileges are expired, revoked, cancelled or suspended, the driver's license number can be entered using the date within the expiration date field.

3.  If the individual has been issued a Wisconsin Department of Transportation identification card, enter this number in the driver's license number field and include in the remarks field that the driver's license number is a Wisconsin Identification Card using the identification card year of expiration.

4.  If the individual has been issued a Wisconsin driver's license and a Wisconsin identification card and the operator uses the expiration date of the Wisconsin identification card, the operator must state in the remarks field that the driver's license number is a Wisconsin identification card.

5.  The driver license/identification card expiration may be entered as any one of the available expirations documented within the agency case file.  This includes the expiration date as documented on the DOT response or the year a former driver license/identification card number was changed.