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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
The following provisions govern the unlawful use of a license or identification card and the unlawful dissemination of information that is protected by a state law or rule that implements the federal Driver's Privacy Protection Act of 1994, 18 United States Code, Sections 2721 to 2725 (2006).
1. Display revoked, mutilated, fictitious or fraudulently altered driver's license or identification card. A person commits a Class E crime if that person displays a revoked, mutilated, fictitious or fraudulently altered driver's license or identification card issued or represented to be issued by this State or any other state or province.
1-A. Possess revoked, mutilated, fictitious or fraudulently altered driver's license or identification card. A person commits a Class E crime if that person possesses a revoked, mutilated, fictitious or fraudulently altered driver's license or identification card issued or represented to be issued by this State or any other state or province.
1-B. Repealed. Laws 2025, c. 173, § 15, eff. Sept. 24, 2025.
1-C. Repealed. Laws 2025, c. 173, § 16, eff. Sept. 24, 2025.
1-D. Repealed. Laws 2025, c. 173, § 17, eff. Sept. 24, 2025.
1-E. Repealed. Laws 2025, c. 173, § 18, eff. Sept. 24, 2025.
2. Loan. A person commits a Class E crime if that person knowingly permits another person to use that person's driver's license or identification card issued by this State or any other state or province.
3. Representation. A person commits a Class E crime if that person displays or represents as that person's own a driver's license or identification card issued to another by this State or any other state or province.
4. Use. A person commits a Class E crime if that person knowingly permits an unlawful use of a driver's license or identification card issued by this State or any other state or province.
5. Privacy laws or rules; violation. A person commits a Class E crime if that person knowingly disseminates information that is protected by a state law or rule that implements the federal Driver's Privacy Protection Act of 1994.
Violation of subsection 1, 1-A or 3 is a strict liability crime as defined in Title 17-A, section 34, subsection 4-A.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Maine Revised Statutes Title 29-A. Motor Vehicles § 2102. Unlawful use of license or identification card; unlawful dissemination of protected information - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/me/title-29-a-motor-vehicles/me-rev-st-tit-29-a-sect-2102/
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