Iowa Code

Iowa Code § 321.216 (2026)

Unlawful use of license or nonoperator’s identification card — penalty

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It is a simple misdemeanor punishable as a scheduled violation under section 805.8A, subsection 4, for any person: 1. To display or cause or permit to be displayed or have in the person’s possession a canceled, revoked, suspended, fictitious, or fraudulently altered driver’s license or nonoperator’s identification card. 2. To lend that person’s driver’s license or nonoperator’s identification card to another person or knowingly permit the use of the license by another. 3. To display or represent as one’s own a driver’s license or nonoperator’s identification card not issued to that person. 4. To fail or refuse to surrender to the department upon its lawful demand a driver’s license or nonoperator’s identification card which has been suspended, revoked, or canceled. 5. To permit an unlawful use of a driver’s license or nonoperator’s identification card issued to that person. [C31, 35, §4960-d46, -d52; C39, §5015.01; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §321.216] 89 Acts, ch 84, §1; 90 Acts, ch 1230, §59; 96 Acts, ch 1090, §3; 98 Acts, ch 1073, §9; 2001 Acts, ch 176, §52, 59; 2010 Acts, ch 1190, §40 Referred to in §123.48, 453A.4, 805.8A(4)(g)

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 1988–1988 · leading case: State v. Ortega, 418 N.W.2d 57 (Iowa 1988).
State v. Ortega, 418 N.W.2d 57 (Iowa 1988). “See Iowa Code § 321.216 (7). Moreover, the blank computer printed forms, having no legal efficacy, are void on their face.”
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