Utah § 53-3-229 - Prohibited uses of license certificate -- Penalty.

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§ 53-3-229. Prohibited uses of license certificate -- Penalty.

Effective 5/7/2025
53-3-229.  Prohibited uses of license certificate -- Penalty.
(1)It is a class C misdemeanor for an individual to:
(a)lend or knowingly permit the use of a license certificate issued to the individual, by another individual not entitled to the license certificate;
(b)display or represent as the individual's own license certificate a license certificate not issued to the individual;
(c)refuse to surrender to the division or a peace officer upon demand any license certificate issued by the division;
(d)use a false name or give a false address in any application for a license or any renewal or duplicate of the license certificate, or to knowingly make a false statement, or to knowingly conceal a material fact or otherwise commit a fraud in the application;
(e)display a canceled, denied, revoked, suspended, or disqualified driver license certificate as a valid driver license certificate;
(f)knowingly acquire, use, display, or transfer an item that purports to be an authentic driver license certificate issued by a governmental entity if the item is not an authentic driver license certificate issued by that governmental entity; or
(g)alter any information on an authentic driver license certificate so that it no longer represents the information originally displayed.
(2)The provisions of Subsection (1)(e) do not prohibit the use of an individual's driver license certificate as a means of personal identification.
(3)It is a class A misdemeanor to knowingly:
(a)issue a driver license certificate with false or fraudulent information;
(b)issue a driver license certificate to an individual who is younger than 21 years old if the driver license certificate is not distinguished as required for an individual who is younger than 21 years old under Section 53-3-207; or
(c)acquire, use, display, or transfer a false or altered driver license certificate to procure a tobacco product, an electronic cigarette product, or a nicotine product as those terms are defined in Section 76-9-1101.
(4)An individual may not use, display, or transfer a false or altered driver license certificate to procure alcoholic beverages, gain admittance to a place where alcoholic beverages are sold or consumed, or obtain employment that may not be obtained by a minor in violation of Section 32B-1-403.
(5)It is a third degree felony if an individual's acquisition, use, display, or transfer of a false or altered driver license certificate:
(a)aids or furthers the individual's efforts to fraudulently obtain goods or services; or
(b)aids or furthers the individual's efforts to commit a violent felony.


Amended by Chapter 173, 2025 General Session

Source: official Utah text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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