Buyer identification cards

218.51 Buyer identification cards. (1) The department shall issue buyer identification cards to qualified applicants who wish to purchase or submit bids for the purchase of used or damaged motor vehicles from a motor vehicle salvage pool. The department shall specify the form of the buyer identification card. (2) A buyer identification card entitles a cardholder to purchase or submit bids for the purchase of a motor vehicle from a motor vehicle salvage pool during the buyer identification card period. (3) (a) The department shall administer this section and specify the form of the application for a buyer identification card and the information required to be provided in the application. (am) 1. In addition to any other information required under par. (a) and except as provided in subd. 3., an application for a buyer identification card shall include the following: a. In the case of an individual, the individual’s social security number.