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Becoming an organ donor

To indicate that you want to be a potential organ or tissue donor, complete an application for a Wisconsin driver license/identification card form MV3001 :

• Mark the organ donor question "yes."
• Take the application to a DMV service center.
• Sign and date the reverse side of your driver license or identification card.
• Specify all or only specific parts/organs 

An orange sticker can also be placed on the license to alert medical personnel of your wishes.

If you decide you want to be recorded as a potential donor after you have received your license, sign and date the reverse side of your driver license/identification card:

• Specify all or only specific parts/organs
• When you renew your driver license/identification card mark "yes" on the application to the organ donor question

If you wish to amend the donor statement, apply for a duplicate driver license/identification card:

• Pay the required fee
• Sign and date the reverse side of the driver license
• Specify all or only specific parts/organs

If you change your mind about being an organ or tissue donor, cross out the donor statement on the reverse of the driver license/identification card.

The Division of Motor Vehicle does not keep an organ-donor registry. DMV records only indicate potential donors. The most important step to having your donation wishes fulfilled is telling your family what your wishes are.

For more information:

• E-mail: driverrecords.dmv@dot.state.wi.us
• Phone: (608) 266-2353

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Last modified: June 17, 2008