§ 8-303. Government identification document

   (a) "Government identification document" defined. -- In this section, "government identification document" means one of the following documents issued by the United States government or any state or local government:

   (1) a passport;

   (2) an immigration visa;

   (3) an alien registration card;

   (4) an employment authorization card;

   (5) a birth certificate;

   (6) a Social Security card;

   (7) a military identification;

   (8) an adoption decree;

   (9) a marriage license;

   (10) a driver's license; or

   (11) a photo identification card.

(b) Prohibited. -- A person may not, with fraudulent intent:

   (1) possess a fictitious or fraudulently altered government identification document;

   (2) display, cause, or allow to be displayed a fictitious or fraudulently altered government identification document;

   (3) lend a government identification document to another or knowingly allow the use of the person's government identification document by another; or

   (4) display or represent as the person's own a government identification document not issued to the person.

(c) Penalty. -- A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 6 months or a fine not exceeding $ 500 or both.

HISTORY: 2004, ch. 288.