<prompt> Human: Background: I have been living on my own for 8 years. I dont own any parts of her house. She recently called and asked for a copy of my drivers license for purposes of taxes on her house. It doesnt make any sense to me. She said she will be fined if I dont give her my license. Is there even such a thing? EDIT: More background. My mom and I are estranged. She has no idea where I live. I got married recently and never invited her to my wedding. Im thinking maybe she wants to find out where I live or what my new name is so she made up this ridiculous lie her M.O. to trick the information out of me.FINAL UPDATE: I found out, through looking at HCAD, that my mom is applying for a homestead exemption. But what she doesnt understand is that I dont live there anymore so even having my license wont mean anything. Therefore, she only qualifies for her 50 of the exemption and not mine. SO, I dont have to send her my license. I am just going to tell her that she can only get 50. If she wishes me to be taken off the title, I will provided she never contacts me again.Thank you guys! You were a big help! :Assistant: My mother attempted to do this. She wanted to refinance the house to get a lower rate. She didnt understand but who she was working with was going to make me a co-signer on her new loan. She was told a lot of bs about it being for taxes. Its very possible she is getting refinancing, something house related. Push her for more details and make sure she isnt getting pulled into some scam. Human: My moms house is paid off. Assistant: That doesnt mean she isnt looking at mortgaging it.Human: Wow, I guess I am completely clueless on the mortgage thing. What would the benefit of that be? Shes not jobless. She works a pretty good job, actually.  <response>: As a few others have stated, she might be using the house as collateral. She might be taking out another mortgage or loan to put an addition on the house. I know you said shes working but that might not cover a 50k loan for some house improvements. The only time Ive ever had to provide my DL is when a bank requested it for loansmortgage. Never needed it for taxes, cant think of why they would need your information. Best I can think is she is trying to put you down as a co-signer on some form of loan. 