This single ID book helps you make accurate, on-the-spot verification of driver’s licenses and ID cards, your best protection against ID fraud. At a glance, you can quickly assess if a document is valid, altered, or counterfeit.

This single ID book helps you make accurate, on-the-spot verification of driver’s licenses and ID cards, your best protection against ID fraud. At a glance, you can quickly assess if a document is valid, altered, or counterfeit. Published annually. The I.D. Checking Guide (U.S. & Canada) is at the core of most security efforts for ID checks ...

More than 50,000 businesses and government agencies count on our products for up-to-date, detailed checking of valid driver’s licenses, ID cards, and other government-issued ID document formats. Our printed I.D. Checking Guides and our online versions are used by DMVs, government agencies at all levels, and businesses.

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This Guide covers U.S. state, Federal and Territory ID documents; Canadian province and Territories; consular cards; and more. Information can be relied upon through February 28, 2026. Available to commissioned Notaries only.

The ID Checking Guide, U.S. & Canada Edition shows every valid driver’s license format in actual size and full color, so fake IDs get stopped cold. Included are details on territorial documents, federal and military issuance, consular cards, and more.

Published by the Drivers License Guide Company, this is the most comprehensive, printed coverage of international ID documents, covering 175 countries and more than 570 driver’s licenses and identity cards.