Idaho Code
Idaho Code § 49-331 (2026)
Unlawful use of driver’s license.
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Unlawful use of driver’s license.
(1) It is a misdemeanor for any person:
(a) To display or cause or permit to be displayed any mutilated or illegible, canceled, revoked, suspended, disqualified, fictitious, or fraudulently altered driver’s license or to have in his possession any driver’s license canceled pursuant to section 49-322(1), Idaho Code;
(b) To lend his driver’s license to any other person or knowingly permit the use of his driver’s license by another;
(c) To display or represent as one’s own a driver’s license not issued to him;
(d) To fail or refuse to surrender to the department, upon its lawful demand, any driver’s license that has been canceled pursuant to section 49-322(1), Idaho Code;
(e) To use a false or fictitious name in any application for a driver’s license, to knowingly make a false statement, or to knowingly conceal a material fact or otherwise commit a fraud in any application;
(f) To permit any unlawful use of a driver’s license issued to him; or
(g) To manufacture, produce, sell, offer for sale or transfer to another person any document purporting to be a certificate of birth or driver’s license.
(2) In addition to the misdemeanor penalties that may be imposed for violation of the provisions of subsection (1) of this section, the court upon conviction may enter an order directing the department to suspend the driver’s license, a permit to drive, privileges, or any nonresident’s driving privileges for a period of ninety (90) days. A conviction under this section shall not be used as a factor or considered in any manner for the purpose of establishing rates of motor vehicle insurance charged by a casualty insurer, and such conviction shall not be grounds for nonrenewal of any insurance policy as provided in section 41-2507, Idaho Code.
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case (1 in the last 5 years), 2023–2023 · leading case: State v. Clark, No. 48117 (Idaho Ct. App. Apr. 17, 2023).
State v. Clark, No. 48117 (Idaho Ct. App. Apr. 17, 2023). “” The State asserts, however, that Officer Stratton did not unlawfully extend the traffic stop because his “call for a drug dog did not add time to the traffic stop” but rather “was contemporaneous with his 3 The State appears to acknowledge on appeal that Officer Stratton…”
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