§ 8-302. Blank or incorrect identification card

   (a) "Offer for sale" defined. -- In this section, "offer for sale" includes to induce, solicit, attempt, or advertise in a manner intended to encourage a person to purchase an identification card.

(b) Prohibited. -- Subject to subsection (c) of this section, a person may not:

   (1) sell, issue, offer for sale, or offer to issue an identification card or document that contains:

      (i) a blank space for a person's age or date of birth; or

      (ii) a person's incorrect age or date of birth; or

   (2) knowingly sell, issue, offer for sale, or offer to issue an identification card or document that contains:

      (i) an incorrect name instead of a person's true name; or

      (ii) an incorrect address for a person.

(c) Exception. -- This section does not prohibit a manufacturer of identification cards or documents from selling or issuing identification cards or documents that contain a blank space for a person's age or date of birth to:

   (1) employers, for use as employee identification cards or documents;

   (2) hospitals, for use as patient identification cards; or

   (3) governmental units.

(d) Penalty. --

   (1) A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 2 years or a fine not exceeding $ 2,000 or both.

   (2) Each identification card or document sold or issued and each offer in violation of this section is a crime that may be separately prosecuted.

(e) Injunctive relief. -- The Attorney General, or the State's Attorney for a county where a violation of this section occurs, may seek an injunction to stop a sale, issue, or offer that violates this section.

HISTORY: An. Code 1957, art. 27, § 233E; 2002, ch. 26, § 2; 2006, ch. 486.