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171.22.1(8)

Statute ID: 19597

Statute Function ID: 39376

Drivers' Licenses - Use False Name/DOB To Identify Self to Police

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Classifications

Offense Level:

Gross Misdemeanor (GM)

General Offense Code:

DWI/Traffic/Vehicle Regulation (4)

Offense Summary Code & Rank:

Traffic/Accidents(exclude DWI) (J) (Rank 28)

Detailed Offense Code:

Traffic/Transportation (499)

Offense Severity Level:

Function Text:

UCR Code

Description

26C

Fraud Offenses-Impersonation

Flags

Crime of Violence:

Targeted Misdemeanor:

Predatory Offender Registration Review:

Enhanceable:

Certify to DPS:

Yes

Report to DNR:

DPS Group:

Conditional Release:

Payable:

Petty Misdemeanor Only if Prosecutor Certifies:

Third Violation Indicator:

Qualified Domestic Violence Related:

Nonviolent Controlled Substance Offender Review:

Wildlife Restitution:

Statute Number:

171.22.1(8)

Enactment Date:

Apr 15, 2024

Effective Date:

Jul 1, 2024

Expiration Date:

Repealed?:

Summary Text:

Drivers' Licenses - Use False Name/DOB To Identify Self to Police

Statute ID:

19597

Created:

Jun 10, 2024 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Updated:

Jun 10, 2024 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Last Update Action:

Added

Legal Analyst Comment:

Amended 2024 c85 s45; Revisor Bill; Effective 07/01/2024

Summary Text:

Drivers' Licenses - Use False Name/DOB To Identify Self to Police

Link to MN Statute Text:

https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/171/22.html

Legislative Session:

2024 - Regular

Session Law Text?:

Statute text last updated on:

Jun 10, 2024

With regard to any driver's license, including a commercial driver's license, it shall be unlawful for any person:
(1) to display, cause or permit to be displayed, or have in possession, any fictitious or fraudulently altered driver's license or Minnesota identification card;
(2) to lend the person's driver's license or Minnesota identification card to any other person or knowingly permit the use thereof by another;
(3) to display or represent as one's own any driver's license or Minnesota identification card not issued to that person;
(4) to use a fictitious name or date of birth to any police officer or in any application for a driver's license or Minnesota identification card, or to knowingly make a false statement, or to knowingly conceal a material fact, or otherwise commit a fraud in any such application;
(5) to alter any driver's license or Minnesota identification card;
(6) to take any part of the driver's license examination for another or to permit another to take the examination for that person;
(7) to make a counterfeit driver's license or Minnesota identification card;
(8) to use the name and date of birth of another person to any police officer for the purpose of falsely identifying oneself to the police officer; or
(9) to display as a valid driver's license any canceled, revoked, or suspended driver's license. A person whose driving privileges have been withdrawn may display a driver's license only for identification purposes.
(10) to submit a false affidavit or statement to the department on the certification required under section 171.05, subdivision 2, paragraph (a), clause (1), item (ii), subitem (C), to issue an instruction permit to a homeschool student.