Georgia § 40-5-125 - Fraudulent driver's license or identification card; false statements or commission of fraud in applications; criminal violation.
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§ 40-5-125. Fraudulent driver's license or identification card; false statements or commission of fraud in applications; criminal violation.
It is a misdemeanor for any person to: Lend his or her driver's license or identification card to any other person or permit knowingly the use thereof by another person; or Display or represent as his or her own any driver's license or identification card not issued to him or her. 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. 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 . (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.) Cross references. - Identity fraud, § 16-9-120 et seq. Law reviews. - For note on the 2002 amendment of this Code section, see 19 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 81 (2002).
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