text: when you are cited for a fix-it ticket is there a law that the passenger has to also surrender id? i was parked at a gas station and my brother got out the car to get a drink after a long ride. before reaching the entrance, a cop pulled up behind my car, ordered my brother to get back into the car. then the cop, came to my side(driver's side) and asked for my id, meanwhile 3 more police cars pulled up.i handed it to him, but instead of telling me what the problem was he ordered my bro. to surrender his as well.  my bro. refused and asked him what was his reasoning for it. the cop stated that my lamp over my liscence plate was out, so therefore he needed our id's.  i told him that it was my car so i couldn't quite understand why he would need my passenger's id.  he stated that he needed it and if we continued to get "lippy" he would arrest us. my bro. surrendered his id and the officer ran his id before he ran mine, and it was my car that was supposedly in violation. it should be noted that we were in an all white town at night, we are black and had committed no infractions. it would depend on your state.  in ga for example, only the driver of a car has to give proff of his id ( hopefully a drivers licence)  anyone else can merely say they don't have one on them, or merely say no. there is no law in ga anyway that anyone has to provide id to the police.  they are required to give them their name and birthdate if asked.  of course being black in a all white area is most likely it.  also the time of day or night, for example at 3 am, it is alot different than at 3 pm.