TITLE 40
MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
Section 5. Drivers' Licenses, 40-5-1 through 40-5-179.
ARTICLE 6
MISCELLANEOUS OFFENSES AND JURISDICTION OF OFFENSES
40-5-125. Fraudulent driver's license or identification card; false statements or commission of fraud in applications; criminal violation.
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It is a misdemeanor for any person to:
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Lend his or her driver's license or identification card to any other person or permit knowingly the use thereof by another person; or
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Display or represent as his or her own any driver's license or identification card not issued to him or her.
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Any person who uses a false or fictitious name or gives a false or fictitious address in an application for a driver's license provided for by this chapter shall be guilty of a violation of Code Section 16-10-20.
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Any person who knowingly makes any false statement, conceals a material fact, or otherwise commits a fraud during the driver's license examination for a driver's license, including a commercial driver's license or commercial driver's instruction permit, shall be guilty of a violation of Code Section 16-10-20.
(Code 1981, §40-5-125, enacted by Ga. L. 1989, p. 519, § 16; Ga. L. 1990, p. 2048, § 4; Ga. L. 1996, p. 1250, § 8; Ga. L. 2000, p. 951, § 5-50; Ga. L. 2002, p. 551, § 6; Ga. L. 2015, p. 1370, § 1/HB 118.)
Cross references.
- Identity fraud,
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16-9-120 et seq.
Law reviews.
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For note on the 2002 amendment of this Code section, see 19 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 81 (2002).
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
Fingerprinting.
- Offenses arising under O.C.G.A.
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40-5-125(a) require fingerprinting. 2002 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 2002-7.
