H.B. 187

1

DRIVER LICENSE FRAUD AMENDMENTS
2 2002 GENERAL SESSION
3 STATE OF UTAH
4 Sponsor: Kory M. Holdaway
5 This act modifies the Public Safety Code by amending provisions relating to driver licenses
6 and identification cards. The act amends the prohibited uses of driver licenses and
7 identification cards that are treated as class C misdemeanors.
8 This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
9 AMENDS:
10 53-3-229, as last amended by Chapter 216, Laws of Utah 1999
11 53-3-810, as renumbered and amended by Chapter 234, Laws of Utah 1993
12 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
13 Section 1. Section 53-3-229 is amended to read:
14 53-3-229. Prohibited uses of license certificate -- Penalty.
15 (1) It is a class C misdemeanor for a person to:
16 [(a) display, cause or permit to be displayed, or to have in possession any license certificate
17 knowing it is fictitious or altered;]
18 [(b)] (a) lend or knowingly permit the use of a license certificate issued to him, by a person
19 not entitled to it;
20 [(c)] (b) display or to represent as his own a license certificate not issued to him;
21 [(d)] (c) refuse to surrender to the division or a peace officer upon demand any license
22 certificate issued by the division;
23 [(e)] (d) use a false name or give a false address in any application for a license or any
24 renewal or duplicate of the license certificate, or to knowingly make a false statement, or to
25 knowingly conceal a material fact or otherwise commit a fraud in the application;
26 [(f)] (e) [permit any other prohibited use of a] alter the date of birth on any license
27 certificate issued to him; or

28 [(g)] (f) display a canceled, denied, revoked, suspended, or disqualified driver license
29 certificate as a valid driver license certificate.
30 (2) The provisions of Subsection (1)[(g)] (f) do not prohibit the use of a person's driver
31 license certificate as a means of personal identification.
32 Section 2. Section 53-3-810 is amended to read:
33 53-3-810. Penalty -- Violations.
34 (1) It is a class C misdemeanor to:
35 [(1) give false information on an application for the purpose of procuring an identification
36 card;]
37 [(2) knowingly possess or have under one's control an altered or fictitious identification
38 card;]
39 [(3) alter any information or photograph contained on an identification card;]
40 [(4) knowingly issue an adult identification card to any person younger than 21 years of
41 age; or]
42 [(5) violate this part.]
43 (a) lend or knowingly permit the use of an identification card issued to him, by a person
44 not entitled to it;
45 (b) display or to represent as his own an identification card not issued to him;
46 (c) refuse to surrender to the division or a peace officer upon demand any identification
47 card issued by the division;
48 (d) use a false name or give a false address in any application for an identification card or
49 any renewal or duplicate of the identification card, or to knowingly make a false statement, or to
50 knowingly conceal a material fact in the application;
51 (e) alter the date of birth on any identification card issued to him;
52 (f) display a revoked identification card as a valid identification card; or
53 (g) knowingly issue an adult identification card to any person younger than 21 years of age.
54 (2) The provisions of Subsection (1)(f) do not prohibit the use of a person's identification
55 card as a means of personal identification.

Legislative Review Note
as of 12-17-01 8:22 AM

A limited legal review of this legislation raises no obvious constitutional or statutory concerns.

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