§ 3-8-6.2. Unlawful use of identification cards.

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RI Code › Title 3 › Chapter 3-8 › Section 3-8-6.2

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(a) It shall be unlawful for any person:

(1) To display or cause or permit to be displayed or have in his or her possession any cancelled, revoked, suspended, fictitious, or fraudulently altered official Rhode Island identification card;

(2) To lend his or her Rhode Island identification card to any other person or knowingly permit the use of the card by another person;

(3) To display or represent as one€™s own the Rhode Island identification card of another;

(4) To fail or refuse to surrender to the division of motor vehicles upon lawful demand any Rhode Island identification card which has been suspended, revoked, or cancelled;

(5) To use a false or fictitious name in any application for a Rhode Island identification card or to knowingly make a false statement or to knowingly conceal a material fact or otherwise commit a fraud in any such application;

(6) To knowingly permit any unlawful use of his or her Rhode Island identification card; and

(7) To aid or assist another to fraudulently obtain a Rhode Island identification card.

(b) Any violation of subdivisions (a)(1) through (a)(7) of this section is punishable as a misdemeanor.

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