Editing Identity document (section)

=====Germany=====
{{Main|German identity card}}
[[Image:Personalausweis Vorderseite (2024).png|thumb|upright=1|Sample front of a [[German identity card]] issued since 2024]]
[[Image:Personalausweis Rückseite (2024).png|thumb|upright=1|Sample back of a [[German identity card]] issued since 2024]]

It is compulsory for all [[Germany|German]] citizens aged 16 or older to possess either a ''Personalausweis'' (identity card) or a passport but not to carry one. Police officers and other officials have a right to demand to see one of those documents ([[obligation of identification]]); however, the law does not state that one is obliged to submit the document at that very moment. But as [[driver's licence]]s, although sometimes accepted, are not legally accepted forms of identification in Germany, people usually choose to carry their ''Personalausweis'' with them.

Beginning from November 2010, German ID cards are issued in the ID-1 format and contain an integrated digital signature. The cards have a photograph and a chip with biometric data, including two now mandatory fingerprints. Until October 2010, German ID cards were issued in [[ISO/IEC 7810]] ID-2 format. On November 1, 2019, German ID cards underwent minor textual adjustments concerning the information field on the surname and surname at birth. On August 2, 2021, German ID cards were adapted to Regulation (EU) 2019/1157. The changes include the country code "DE" being shown in white in the blue [[European flag]] on the front and two fingerprints (as an encrypted image file) becoming mandatory. In addition, the version number was added to the machine-readable zone. On May 2, 2024, the doctor's title was moved to the back side of the identity card.