---
id: "do_cedula"
kind: "datatype"
status: "draft"
is_pii: true
categories: ["pii", "persons"]
country: ["DO"]
langs: ["es"]
quality: 93
url: "http://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/do_cedula"
---

# Dominican Republic identity number (cédula) (`do_cedula`)

> **Draft.** Draft records have not been reviewed yet and may be incomplete or wrong; do not treat them as authoritative for legal or compliance decisions.

Cédula de identidad y electoral, the 11-digit identification number that the Dominican Republic gives to citizens and residents. It is usually written as 3, 7 and 1 digits separated by hyphens; the last digit is a Luhn check digit.

- Personal data (PII): yes
- Categories: Personally identifiable information (pii), Person related (persons)
- Countries: Dominican Republic (DO)
- Languages: Spanish (es)
- Classification: identifier

## Detection

Regular expression (Python `re`):

```
^\d{3}-?\d{7}-?\d$
```

Check digit algorithm: `luhn`

## Examples

- `02666974551` — Synthetic number with a valid check digit
- `08990011481` — Synthetic number with a valid check digit
- `026-6697455-1` — The first example in its printed form
- `02666974550` (invalid example) — Check digit does not match

## Mappings

- dpv: `pd:OfficialID`
- stdnum: `do.cedula`

## Supported by tools

- `dataprep`
- `pythonstdnum`

## Translations

- es: Cédula de identidad y electoral

## Sources

- other: <https://arthurdejong.org/python-stdnum/doc/2.2/stdnum.do.cedula.html>
- other: <https://docs.dataprep.ai/user_guide/clean/clean_do_cedula.html>

## Quality

Score 93/100. Missing: authoritative source link.

JSON: <http://registry.apicrafter.io/api/v1/datatypes/do_cedula.json> · Edit: <https://github.com/apicrafter/metacrafter-registry/edit/main/data/datatypes/DO/persons/do_cedula.yaml>