(a) Upon successful completion of the application and all required examinations, and upon payment of the required fee, the department shall issue to every qualified applicant a driver‘s license indicating the type or general class of vehicles that the licensee may drive. The license must (1) display a distinguishing number assigned to the license; (2) display the licensee’s full name, address, date of birth, brief physical description, and photograph; (3) display either a facsimile of the signature of the licensee or a space upon which the licensee must write the licensee’s usual signature with pen and ink; (4) display physical security features designed to prevent tampering, counterfeiting, or duplication of the document for fraudulent purposes; (5) display, for a qualified applicant who is under 21 years of age, the words “UNDER 21”; and (6) to the extent the department is able, be designed to allow the electronic reading and electronic display of the information described under (2) of this subsection and the electronic reading and display and a physical display on the license that the person is restricted from purchasing alcoholic beverages under Alaska Stat. § 04.16.160. A license may not display the licensee’s social security number and is not valid until signed by the licensee. If facilities are not available for the taking of the photograph required under this section, the department shall endorse on the license, the words “valid without photograph.”
Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 28.15.111
cancel: means to annul or terminate, by formal action of the department, a certification, registration, license, permit or privilege issued or allowed under this title or regulations adopted under this title, because of an error or defect in the document issued or the application for issuance or because the person holding the document is no longer entitled to it. See Alaska Statutes 28.90.990
driver: means a person who drives or is in actual physical control of a vehicle. See Alaska Statutes 28.90.990
Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
license: when used in relation to driver licensing, means a license, provisional license, or permit to drive a motor vehicle, or the privilege to drive or to obtain a license to drive a motor vehicle, under the laws of this state whether or not a person holds a valid license issued in this or another jurisdiction. See Alaska Statutes 28.90.990
owner: means a person, other than a lienholder, having the property in or title to a vehicle, including but not limited to a person entitled to the use and possession of a vehicle subject to a security interest in another person, but exclusive of a lessee under a lease not intended as security. See Alaska Statutes 28.90.990
person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, organization, business trust, or society, as well as a natural person. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
state: means the State of Alaska unless applied to the different parts of the United States and in the latter case it includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
(b) The department shall provide a method, at the time that an operator’s license is issued, by which the owner of a license may make an anatomical gift under Alaska Stat. Chapter 13.52. The method must provide a means by which the owner may cancel the anatomical gift. The department shall inform each applicant in writing that, if the applicant executes a gift under Alaska Stat. Chapter 13.52 and if the gift is made with the license, the department will transmit the information on the license to a donor registry created under Alaska Stat. § 13.50.110. The department shall also direct the applicant to notify a procurement organization or the department under Alaska Stat. § 13.50.140 if the license is destroyed or mutilated or the gift is revoked under Alaska Stat. § 13.52.183. The department shall carry out the requirements of Alaska Stat. § 13.50.100 – 13.50.190.(c) At the request of an applicant, the department shall provide a veteran designation and United States flag replica on a license identifying the driver as a retired veteran, a veteran of the armed forces of the United States discharged under honorable conditions, or a Hmong veteran or Lao veteran who served in military operations in support of the United States in the Kingdom of Laos between February 28, 1961, and May 15, 1975. The department may not charge a fee solely for the designation. To receive a veteran designation, the driver shall make available proof of veteran status that shows that the person is retired, was discharged under honorable conditions, or is a Hmong veteran or Lao veteran. The department shall consult with the Department of Military and Veterans’ Affairs to determine the proof necessary to show that a person is a Hmong veteran or Lao veteran. With the approval of the applicant, the department shall make available to the Department of Military and Veterans’ Affairs the name and address of a driver receiving a veteran designation under this subsection. The department may charge a fee of $5 for replacement of a valid driver’s license with a new license with a veteran designation. A replacement license with a veteran designation issued for $5 under this subsection shall retain the expiration date of the license it replaces.(d) The department shall provide a method, at the time that a driver’s license is issued, by which the owner of a license may voluntarily designate on the license that the owner has a disability, including a cognitive, mental, neurological, or physical disability, or a combination of those disabilities. The department shall create a discreet symbol to place on the driver’s license of a person requesting the designation. The method must provide a means by which the owner may cancel the designation. The department may not charge a fee solely for the designation. To receive the designation, the person shall provide proof of the disability from a person licensed as a physician or physician assistant under Alaska Stat. Chapter 08.64, as a naturopath under Alaska Stat. Chapter 08.45, as an advanced practice nurse under Alaska Stat. Chapter 08.68, or as a licensed psychologist under Alaska Stat. Chapter 08.86. The department may charge a fee of $5 for replacement of a valid driver’s license with a new driver’s license with a disability designation and may charge a fee of $5 for replacement of a driver’s license with a disability designation with a new driver’s license without a disability designation.(e) The department may not engage in bulk sharing of facial images captured as a result of an application for a driver’s license with a database, other than a database established by the state, regardless of whether the applicant applied for a driver’s license that is federally compliant or a driver’s license that is not federally compliant. The prohibition in this subsection does not apply to a commercial driver’s license.(f) A commercial driver’s license must be federally compliant.
