H.B. 187 Enrolled

DRIVER LICENSE FRAUD AMENDMENTS
2002 GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Sponsor: Kory M. Holdaway
This act modifies the Public Safety Code by amending provisions relating to driver licenses
and identification cards. The act amends the prohibited uses of driver licenses and
identification cards that are treated as class C misdemeanors.
This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
AMENDS:
53-3-229, as last amended by Chapter 216, Laws of Utah 1999
53-3-810, as renumbered and amended by Chapter 234, Laws of Utah 1993
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 53-3-229 is amended to read:
53-3-229. Prohibited uses of license certificate -- Penalty.
(1) It is a class C misdemeanor for a person to:
[(a) display, cause or permit to be displayed, or to have in possession any license certificate
knowing it is fictitious or altered;]
[(b)] (a) lend or knowingly permit the use of a license certificate issued to him, by a person
not entitled to it;
[(c)] (b) display or to represent as his own a license certificate not issued to him;
[(d)] (c) refuse to surrender to the division or a peace officer upon demand any license
certificate issued by the division;
[(e)] (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;
[(f)] (e) [permit any other prohibited use of a] alter the date of birth on any license
certificate issued to him; or
[(g)] (f) display a canceled, denied, revoked, suspended, or disqualified driver license
certificate as a valid driver license certificate.

(2) The provisions of Subsection (1)[(g)] (f) do not prohibit the use of a person's driver
license certificate as a means of personal identification.
Section 2. Section 53-3-810 is amended to read:
53-3-810. Penalty -- Violations.
It is a class C misdemeanor to:
[(1) give false information on an application for the purpose of procuring an identification
card;]
[(2) knowingly possess or have under one's control an altered or fictitious identification
card;]
[(3) alter any information or photograph contained on an identification card;]
[(4) knowingly issue an adult identification card to any person younger than 21 years of age;
or]
[(5) violate this part.]
(1) lend or knowingly permit the use of an identification card issued to him, by a person not
entitled to it;
(2) display or to represent as his own an identification card not issued to him;
(3) refuse to surrender to the division or a peace officer upon demand any identification card
issued by the division;
(4) use a false name or give a false address in any application for an identification card or
any renewal or duplicate of the identification card, or to knowingly make a false statement, or to
knowingly conceal a material fact in the application;
(5) alter the date of birth on any identification card issued to him;
(6) display a revoked identification card as a valid identification card; or
(7) knowingly issue an adult identification card to any person younger than 21 years of age.


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