# Do you know where your Social Security Card is?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-where-your-social-security-card-is/233145>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 8, 2004, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-where-your-social-security-card-is/233145 "2004-03-08T17:22:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2004, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-where-your-social-security-card-is/233145/41 "2004-03-10T13:15:58Z")

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Can anyone legally require you to present your SS card or force you to use your number as a means to identify you?  
I thought I read somewhere that you don`t have to give out your number to most of the people who ask for it.

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**Author:** ![Sangre\_Azul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bcef8e/32.png) [@Sangre\_Azul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sangre_Azul)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2004, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-where-your-social-security-card-is/233145/42 "2004-03-10T17:46:32Z")

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I seem to recall needing mine when I bought a home, and later when I refinanced the mortgage. It’s the original card I got in elementary/middle school and is a neat little snapshot of when my signature was once legible.

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