IssuingJurisdiction

Optional on all AAMVA barcodes. Mandatory on Compact barcodes.

Jurisdictions may define a subfile to contain jurisdiction-specific information. These subfiles are designated with the first character of “Z” and the second character is the first letter of the jurisdiction's name. For example, "ZC" would be the designator for a California or Colorado jurisdiction-defined subfile, "ZQ" would be the designator for a Quebec jurisdiction-defined subfile. In the case of a jurisdiction-defined subfile that has a first letter that could be more than one jurisdiction (e.g. California, Colorado, Connecticut) then other data, like the IIN or address, must be examined to determine the jurisdiction.