O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 40-5-125 (2019)

Fraudulent driver’s license or identification card; false statements or commission of fraud in applications; criminal violation

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)

Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.

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(a) It is a misdemeanor for any person to: (1) Lend his or her driver’s license or identification card to any other person or permit knowingly the use thereof by another person; or (2) Display or represent as his or her own any driver’s license or identification card not issued to him or her. (b) 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. (c) 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.

History

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.

Annotations

Cross references. Identity fraud, § 16-9-120 et seq.

Law reviews. For note on the 2002 amendment of this Code section, see 19 Georgia St. U.L. Rev. 81 (2002).

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Fingerprinting. - Offenses arising under O.C.G.A. § 40-5-125(a) require

fingerprinting. 2002 Op. Att’y Gen. No. 2002-7.

ARTICLE 7 COMMERCIAL DRIVERS’ LICENSES

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 1995–1995 · leading case: McClure v. State, 460 S.E.2d 884 (Ga. Ct. App. 1995).

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McClure v. State, 460 S.E.2d 884 (Ga. Ct. App. 1995). · cites it 2× “…of driving without proof of insurance, OCGA § 40-6-10; improper lane usage, OCGA § 40-6-123; unlawful use of license, OCGA § 40-5-125; giving a false name to a law enforcement officer, OCGA § 16-10-25; impeding traffic, OCGA § 40-6-184; and open container, a county ordinance…”

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