North Carolina § 15A-311 - Consulate documents not acceptable as identification.

§ 15A-311. Consulate documents not acceptable as identification.

The following documents are not acceptable for use in determining a person's actual identity or residency by a justice, judge, clerk, magistrate, law enforcement officer, or other government official: A matricula consular or other similar document, other than a valid passport, issued by a consulate or embassy of another country. An identity document issued or created by any person, organization, county, city, or other local authority, except where expressly authorized to be used for this purpose by the General Assembly. No local government or law enforcement agency may establish, by policy or ordinance, the acceptability of any of the documents described in subsection (a) of this section as a form of identification to be used to determine the identity or residency of any person. Any local government policy or ordinance that contradicts this section is hereby repealed. Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, documents described in subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of this section may be used by a law enforcement officer to assist in determining the identity or residency of a person when they are the only documents providing an indication of identity or residency available to the law enforcement officer at the time. History (2015-264, s. 36.3; 2015-294, s. 11.) Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2015-264, s. 36.3, was contingent upon House Bill 318, 2015 Regular Session, becoming law. House Bill 318 was enacted as Session Laws 2015-294. Session Laws 2015-294, s. 11, enacted this section as G.S. 15A-306 . It has been renumbered as this section at the direction of the Revisor of Statutes. Session Laws 2015-294, s. 11A, provides: "G.S. 15A-306 [now G.S. 15A-311 ], as enacted by Section 11 of this act, shall not apply to verification of the information provided by an applicant pursuant to G.S. 58-2-164 until Section 13 of this act becomes effective [January 1, 2016], at which point it shall apply only with respect to insurance policies entered into on or after that date." Session Laws 2015-294, s. 17 made this section effective October 1, 2015, and applicable to contracts entered into on or after that date. Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2015-264, s. 36.3, effective October 1, 2015, added subsection (c).