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Since the SSA does not consider middle names and suffixes to be part of the legal name, then what is the supreme document that proves ones legal name?

Per the Social Security Administration website, SSA does not consider the suffix to be part of the legal name. https://secure.ssa.gov/apps10/poms.nsf/lnx/0110212001 https://secure.ssa.gov/apps10/poms.nsf/lnx/0110205120

Identity in proving your name on a deed.

Thank you for the informative reply. Is a birth certificate and SSN supreme compared to other documents at establishing identity?

Not a commerical link. Reputable newspaper website. Recent story about poilce department routinely asking for SSN during traffic stop when drivers also had driver's license. [link removed]

The internet is replete with comments from people being asked by a police officer for a SSN during a traffic stop.

A driver's license has a photo on it, so wouldn't that prove the identity of the bearer? In many states you need a birth certificate to obtain a drivers license. So if Candy Apple Red II omits or puts a different suffix on her driver's license application, does it render that driver's license...

If a state issued photo ID omits or has an different suffix, but the date of birth on the state issued photo ID matches that on the birth certificate, does that unsatisfactorily prove your identity?

It possible could as there were mismatches between the DL names and the names on the voter registration form. Impossible to know which form has the name that matched a birth certificate or social security number .

A birth certificate and social security card are also valid ID.

Not necessarily. https://www.courthousenews.com/judge-tosses-georgias-exact-match-voter-id-rule-for-midterm/

A prosecutor upon seeing a missing or altered suffix would have to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that a person "knowingly" omitted or altered a suffix, correct? What are the odds of being prosecuted for a missing or altered suffix on a government form? Thank you for expounding on the legal...

Article was very clear relative to my original question.

Don't need to. https://www.courthousenews.com/judge-tosses-georgias-exact-match-voter-id-rule-for-midterm/ Highly doubt those individuals with mis-matched names wouldn't have been prosecuted for a felony.

Are there a lot of people with the first names of Michael, Samantha, Thomas, Mohammed, etc.. being convicted of felonies for putting Mike, Sam, Tom, and Mo for their first names on government documents?