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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(a) It is 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.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Rhode Island General Laws Title 3. Alcoholic Beverages § 3-8-6.2. Unlawful use of identification cards - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ri/title-3-alcoholic-beverages/ri-gen-laws-sect-3-8-6-2/
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