Indiana ID with no address: Residency Affidavit (State Form 50879) plus a letter from your shelter or agency

Get these first

a government entity or 501(c)(3) nonprofit that serves you and will accept your mail

Steps

1. Ask your shelter or nonprofit for State Form 50879 (Indiana Residency Affidavit) and check box b (homeless applicant).
2. Ask them for a letter on their letterhead: their name, address, phone, the signer's name, signature and date.
3. The letter must say they serve you and will accept mail for you.
4. Bring the form and letter to the BMV with your other documents.

Official details

What you can get

If you cannot provide two documents proving your Indiana residency, you may submit State Form 50879 - Indiana Residency Affidavit Official source

Who can get it

Homeless applicants without a residence address. Official source

What to bring

You must also provide a letter from the government entity or not-for-profit organization on its letterhead showing its name, address, and telephone number and showing the legal representative’s name, signature, and signature date. Official source

How to apply

The legal representative must state in the letter that the entity or organization provides services to you and will accept delivery of mail on your behalf. Official source

Where to apply

The signed and dated letter will serve as the signature and date on this form below. Official source

Who decides

I am a legal representative of a government entity or not-for-profit organization (under 26 Official source

How fast they decide

Not confirmed yet

Keep your benefits during an appeal

Not confirmed yet

Sources

• https://www.in.gov/bmv/licenses-permits-ids/real-id-overview/ checked 2026-10-28
• https://www.in.gov/bmv/licenses-permits-ids/files/Drivers_Manual_Appendix.pdf checked 2026-10-28
• https://forms.in.gov/download.aspx?id=10390 checked 2026-10-28