If there's a lesson to be learned from getting a new driver's licence, it's to hold onto those utility bills and make sure your name is listed on them.

You just might need them to get a new licence.

While 115 Yukoners obtained their new, secure driver's licence and two walked away with the new secure general identification cards on Monday, others were turned away for not bringing the proper documents.

"There were none turned away without us looking (at the) issues,” Walter Brennan, the manager of the motor vehicles branch, said in an interview Tuesday afternoon.

Its unknown just how many walked away without the new card for various reasons. However, Brennan said staff set up in the screening tent outside the branch reviewed the documents of each applicant and worked to come up with solutions where needed.

Among the documents to be provided are:

• two documents proving Yukon residency, such as the utility bill, bank/property tax statement, most recent tax return or health card;

• a document with a photo and signature, including a passport, Canadian driver's licence, Customs and Immigration Canada (CIC) documents or a secure Indian Status Card;

• proof of date of birth through a birth certificate, CIC documents or secure status card; and

• current legal name through a birth certificate, marriage certificate or legal name change documents.

Though passports and driver's licences are being accepted for photo and signature identification, they are not being accepted as proof of residency.

As branch spokeswoman Brenda Wale explained Tuesday, those documents are good for five years, and that is enough time for someone to move. The health card and bills could provide a more up-to-date document showing where someone lives.

Brennan acknowledged there are likely some residents who may have no household bills in their name, either because they are younger and still live with their parents or the bills may be in the name of a spouse or partner.

In those cases, he said, staff are recommending that applicants come with a bank statement or tax forms from the previous year.

Applicants will be asked to cover the financial portions of bank statements to ensure privacy, but will have to show their name and address on the document to prove residency.

Along with bank statements, Brennan noted most adults have a health card that can be used for the second piece required to show residency.

Brennan also noted the department recognizes that in the cases of those under 18, a licence or general identification card could be among the first pieces of photo identification they have.

Those under 18 need parental consent for either card, providing proof of identity and residency.

The 117 cards doled out on Monday compare to about 40 or 50 the branch would typically issue on what Brennan termed a "busy day” previously.

On Tuesday, Brennan said things were getting even busier than Monday, with licences also being issued for two communities.

"We are up and running in Dawson and Watson Lake,” Brennan said.

The territory is rolling out the licences gradually in the communities.

Tomorrow, Teslin and Mayo will come on-line.

The Whitehorse office, which has been offering the new documents to new applicants or those with renewals in November only, will open its doors to all applicants.

Territorial agents in Haines Junction, Carcross, Carmacks and Faro will begin offering the new licences next week.

Two Yukon government staffers from IT and the motor vehicles branch will be in each community for the launch to assist and train territorial agents.

The local branch, located in the Lynn Building at 308 Steele St., is offering extended hours from Thursday to Saturday. It will be open until 7 p.m. tomorrow and Friday and from 8:30 a.m. until noon on Saturday.