Mississippi Code

Miss. Code Ann. § 63-1-60 (2026)

Alteration, fraudulent use, or fraudulent procurement of license

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(1) It shall be unlawful for any person:
- (a) To display, cause or permit to be displayed, or have in his possession, any fictitious, fraudulently altered or fraudulently obtained driver's license;
- (b) To display or represent any driver's license not issued to him as being his own driver's license;
- (c) To photograph, photostat, duplicate or in any way reproduce, manufacture, sell or distribute or alter any driver's license, or facsimile thereof, in such a manner that it could be mistaken for a valid driver's license;
- (d) To display or have in his possession any photograph, photostat, duplicate, reproduction or facsimile of a driver's license unless authorized by law; or
- (e) To take a driver's license examination for another or to use any other name, other than his own, on the driver's license application in an attempt to take the driver's license examination for another.

(2) Any person convicted of a violation of paragraph (a), (b), (d) or (e) of subsection (1) of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment for not more than thirty (30) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

(3) Any person under twenty-one (21) years of age at the time of the offense who is convicted of a violation of paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of this section shall be punished as follows:
- (a) A first offense shall be a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
- (b) A second or subsequent offense, the offenses being committed within a period of five (5) years, shall be a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or by imprisonment for not more than one (1) year, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

(4) Any person twenty-one (21) years of age or older at the time of the offense who is convicted of a violation of paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of this section is guilty of a felony and shall be punished by a fine of not less than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or imprisonment for not more than three (3) years, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

Laws, 1985, ch. 479; Laws, 1998, ch. 558, § 2; Laws, 2001, ch. 551, § 2, eff. 7/1/2001.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 1996–1996 · leading case: Main v. Off. Depot, Inc., 914 F. Supp. 1413 (S.D. Miss. 1996).

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Main v. Off. Depot, Inc., 914 F. Supp. 1413 (S.D. Miss. 1996). · cites it 6× “Alternatively, Plaintiffs assert that Office Depot owed some common law duty to Yamas and that Defendant breached this duty. Furthermore, according to Plaintiffs, such negligence, either by breach of the statute or common law, was a proximate cause of the wrongful death of David…”

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