The following provisions govern the unlawful use of a license or identification card and the unlawful dissemination of information that is protected by a state law or rule that implements the federal Driver’s Privacy Protection Act of 1994, 18 United States Code §§ 2721 to 2725 (2006). [PL 2009, c. 493, §2 (AMD).]
1. Display revoked, mutilated, fictitious or fraudulently altered driver’s license or identification card. A person commits a Class E crime if that person displays a revoked, mutilated, fictitious or fraudulently altered driver’s license or identification card issued or represented to be issued by this State or any other state or province.

[PL 2009, c. 493, §2 (AMD).]

Attorney's Note

Under the Maine Revised Statutes, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
Class E crimeup to 6 monthsup to $1,000
For details, see Me. Rev. Stat. Title 17-A § 1604

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Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 29-A Sec. 2102

  • License: includes , but is not limited to, a nonresident operating privilege and the privilege of a person to apply for or obtain a license or permit to operate a motor vehicle. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 29-A Sec. 101
  • Motor vehicle: means a self-propelled vehicle not operated exclusively on railroad tracks, but does not include:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 29-A Sec. 101
  • Person: means an individual, corporation, firm, partnership, joint venture, association, fiduciary, trust, estate or any other legal or commercial entity. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 29-A Sec. 101
  • Traffic: means pedestrians, ridden or herded animals, vehicles, bicycles and other conveyances either singly or together using public way for travel. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 29-A Sec. 101
  • Traffic infraction: means any violation of any provision of this Title, or of any rules established under this Title, not expressly defined as a crime or as a civil violation and otherwise not punishable by incarceration. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 29-A Sec. 101
  • United States: includes territories and the District of Columbia. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
  • Vehicle: means a device for conveyance of persons or property on a way. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 29-A Sec. 101
  • 1-A. Possess revoked, mutilated, fictitious or fraudulently altered driver’s license or identification card. A person commits a Class E crime if that person possesses a revoked, mutilated, fictitious or fraudulently altered driver’s license or identification card issued or represented to be issued by this State or any other state or province.

    [PL 2009, c. 493, §2 (AMD).]

    1-B. Display suspended driver’s license; crime. A person commits a Class E crime if that person displays a suspended driver’s license issued by this State or any other state or province when the operation of the motor vehicle by that person is punishable as a crime.

    [PL 2009, c. 493, §2 (NEW).]

    1-C. Display suspended driver’s license; traffic infraction. A person commits a traffic infraction if that person displays a suspended driver’s license issued by this State or any other state or province when the operation of the motor vehicle by that person is punishable as a traffic infraction.

    [PL 2009, c. 493, §2 (NEW).]

    1-D. Possess suspended driver’s license; crime. A person commits a Class E crime if that person possesses a suspended driver’s license issued by this State or any other state or province when the operation of the motor vehicle by that person is punishable as a crime.

    [PL 2009, c. 493, §2 (NEW).]

    1-E. Possess suspended driver’s license; traffic infraction. A person commits a traffic infraction if that person possesses a suspended driver’s license issued by this State or any other state or province when the operation of the motor vehicle by that person is punishable as a traffic infraction.

    [PL 2009, c. 493, §2 (NEW).]

    2. Loan. A person commits a Class E crime if that person knowingly permits another person to use that person’s driver’s license or identification card issued by this State or any other state or province.

    [PL 2009, c. 493, §2 (AMD).]

    3. Representation. A person commits a Class E crime if that person displays or represents as that person’s own a driver’s license or identification card issued to another by this State or any other state or province.

    [PL 2009, c. 493, §2 (AMD).]

    4. Use. A person commits a Class E crime if that person knowingly permits an unlawful use of a driver’s license or identification card issued by this State or any other state or province.

    [PL 2009, c. 493, §2 (AMD).]

    5. Privacy laws or rules; violation. A person commits a Class E crime if that person knowingly disseminates information that is protected by a state law or rule that implements the federal Driver’s Privacy Protection Act of 1994.

    [PL 2009, c. 493, §2 (AMD).]

    Violation of subsection 1, 1?A, 1?B, 1?D or 3 is a strict liability crime as defined in Title 17?A, section 34, subsection 4?A. [PL 2009, c. 493, §2 (AMD).]
    SECTION HISTORY

    PL 1993, c. 683, §A2 (NEW). PL 1993, c. 683, §B5 (AFF). PL 1997, c. 437, §43 (AMD). PL 2003, c. 452, §§Q54-57 (AMD). PL 2003, c. 452, §X2 (AFF). PL 2009, c. 493, §2 (AMD).