Legal & Affidavits
Lost ID Affidavit Template (DHA)
Attach to your Smart ID re-issue application at Home Affairs when your ID book / card is lost, stolen, or destroyed.
Download Word Template.docx · edit in Microsoft Word, Google Docs, or LibreOffice
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How to edit this template
- 1Fill in your full name, ID number, and address.
- 2State briefly when and how the ID was lost.
- 3Sign in front of a Commissioner of Oaths (any SAPS station will do this free of charge).
Filled-in example
Example
I, Sibusiso Khumalo (ID 850715 0000 08 2), residing at 8 Vilakazi Street, Soweto, 1804, hereby declare under oath that my green bar-coded ID book was stolen from my vehicle on 3 November 2025 in Johannesburg. A SAPS case number CAS 456/11/2025 was opened at Jeppe SAPS.
All templates are provided free of charge. Personalise every detail before submitting — do not use the example text verbatim.