53-3-229. Prohibited uses of license certificate -- Penalty.
(1) It is a class C misdemeanor for a person to:
(a) lend or knowingly permit the use of a license certificate issued to the person, by a
person not entitled to it;
(b) display or to represent as the person's own a license certificate not issued to the
person;
(c) refuse to surrender to the division or a peace officer upon demand any license
certificate issued by the division;
(d) use a false name or give a false address in any application for a license or any renewal
or duplicate of the license certificate, or to knowingly make a false statement, or to knowingly
conceal a material fact or otherwise commit a fraud in the application;
(e) display a canceled, denied, revoked, suspended, or disqualified driver license
certificate as a valid driver license certificate;
(f) knowingly acquire, use, display, or transfer an item that purports to be an authentic
driver license certificate issued by a governmental entity if the item is not an authentic driver
license certificate issued by that governmental entity; or
(g) alter any information on an authentic driver license certificate so that it no longer
represents the information originally displayed.
(2) The provisions of Subsection (1)(e) do not prohibit the use of a person's driver license
certificate as a means of personal identification.
(3) It is a class A misdemeanor to:
(a) knowingly issue a driver license certificate with false or fraudulent information;
(b) knowingly issue a driver license certificate to a person younger than 21 years of age if
the driver license certificate is not distinguished as required for a person younger than 21 years of
age under Section 53-3-207; or
(c) knowingly acquire, use, display, or transfer a false or altered driver license certificate
to procure cigarettes, tobacco, or tobacco products.
(4) A person may not use, display, or transfer a false or altered driver license certificate
to procure alcoholic beverages, gain admittance to a place where alcoholic beverages are sold or
consumed, or obtain employment that may not be obtained by a minor in violation of Section
32A-1-301.
(5) It is a third degree felony if a person's acquisition, use, display, or transfer of a false
or altered driver license certificate:
(a) aids or furthers the person's efforts to fraudulently obtain goods or services; or
(b) aids or furthers the person's efforts to commit a violent felony.
Amended by Chapter 197, 2005 General Session
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