jke456
Member
SS number and hunting liscenes
Well, today I made my annual trip to Wally world to pick up my Ginseng liscenes as this Sunday is the first legal day to dig it in Illinois.
The kid behind the counter is filling out my liscenes and he looks up and ask me for my SS number.
I said "huh"
he said " I have to put your SS number down here"
he hands me the form and sure as **** there is a place for my SS number along with questions such as " do I owe child support.....am I behind in child support ....etc
I at first refuse to give it to him....
he tells me " no ss number no liscenes"
so I give it to him (one number off of course)
I threw my liscenes from last year away but cant recall if they asked for it then or not
Now my question is...
Is it legal for the state to require your ss number to purchase the liscenes and is it a requirement for all liscenes in Illinois such as fishing and hunting liscenes?
I havn't had to buy a hunting liscenes for a few years as I am a landowner and am required to just buy the habitat stamp to hunt upon my own property.....
seems to me that this is a good way for some dishonest salesman at some liscensing location to steal an idenity or two.
I do understand that by buying a Ginseng liscenes I will have a chance to make some unreported income but that does not appear to be the reason that they want my ss number.
It appears on face value this is one of those feel good laws to try and get deadbeat dads.
seems like a bunch of bs to me amd a potentially good way to have your credit rating really screwed by somebody taking this info and buying theirselves lots of nice toys on my buck.
Isn't it suppose to be illigal to use your ss number as an identifyer by anybody except the SS administration??
Well, today I made my annual trip to Wally world to pick up my Ginseng liscenes as this Sunday is the first legal day to dig it in Illinois.
The kid behind the counter is filling out my liscenes and he looks up and ask me for my SS number.
I said "huh"
he said " I have to put your SS number down here"
he hands me the form and sure as **** there is a place for my SS number along with questions such as " do I owe child support.....am I behind in child support ....etc
I at first refuse to give it to him....
he tells me " no ss number no liscenes"
so I give it to him (one number off of course)
I threw my liscenes from last year away but cant recall if they asked for it then or not
Now my question is...
Is it legal for the state to require your ss number to purchase the liscenes and is it a requirement for all liscenes in Illinois such as fishing and hunting liscenes?
I havn't had to buy a hunting liscenes for a few years as I am a landowner and am required to just buy the habitat stamp to hunt upon my own property.....
seems to me that this is a good way for some dishonest salesman at some liscensing location to steal an idenity or two.
I do understand that by buying a Ginseng liscenes I will have a chance to make some unreported income but that does not appear to be the reason that they want my ss number.
It appears on face value this is one of those feel good laws to try and get deadbeat dads.
seems like a bunch of bs to me amd a potentially good way to have your credit rating really screwed by somebody taking this info and buying theirselves lots of nice toys on my buck.
Isn't it suppose to be illigal to use your ss number as an identifyer by anybody except the SS administration??