Index Card Only meaning

[sgonza9259]

What does it mean when someone has an "Index card" only Identification? I hear this often on the radio. What type of Identification is this exactly?

 

[N6ML]

You sure it's not "ID card only"? (as in not a driving license)

 

[a417]

What does it mean when someone has an "Index card" only Identification? I hear this often on the radio. What type of Identification is this exactly?

not from the left coast, but I saw something about the "California Birth Index" once...it's not a birth certificate, it's not an ID card, but some people had it?

 

[sgonza9259]

I'm sure. This is from listening to Pittsburg, California PD Dispatch.

 

[ecps92]

just a WAG - internal department FI report (no arrest) but listed on an internal DB (previously called index cards)

What does it mean when someone has an "Index card" only Identification? I hear this often on the radio. What type of Identification is this exactly?

 

[sgonza9259]

just a WAG - internal department FI report (no arrest) but listed on an internal DB (previously called index cards)

Thank you!

 

[markclark]

The complete drivers license file is not in electronic form. Sacramento would have to be called to get all the record info.

 

[AM909]

The complete drivers license file is not in electronic form. Sacramento would have to be called to get all the record info.

Do you know the reason? Did really old licenses not have all their info entered or was there a data loss at some point? I've never heard the term in SoCal (not that I listen much).

 

[consys]

When my mother stopped driving, she had a DMV issued ID card. It looked like a driver license but wasn't. Solano County I often hear PD say "ID only". I've often wondered if this is the kind of card they are referring to. Speculative on my part, but wonder if something similar.

 

[avdrummerboy]

Index card as referenced is just an FI card that was taken at one point. ID card Only means no DL, wether it is expired, revoked, never had one etc. Even a suspended DL can still be an ID card.

 

[jrholm]

I see a lot of WAG'S here.

Actually an index only means the person previously received a citation but did not have an actual CDL or ID. The DMV then creates an "X" number with whatever information they receive from the courts, so it is an incomplete dmv record. All CA DMV licenses and ID numbers start with a letter then 7 numbers. An index only number starts with X (X1234567).

 

[clovisb31]

I see a lot of WAG'S here.

Actually an index only means the person previously received a citation but did not have an actual CDL or ID. The DMV then creates an "X" number with whatever information they receive from the courts, so it is an incomplete dmv record. All CA DMV licenses and ID numbers start with a letter then 7 numbers. An index only number starts with X (X1234567).

Yep, what he said.
No previously issued license but had a Citation issued. DMV files the action with an index number. Usually followed by a failure to appear and/or a bench warrant...but that's another story.

 

[Opfor2]

I'm sure. This is from listening to Pittsburg, California PD Dispatch.

I learned something new today, that Pittsburg, CA is in Contra Costa County, California.