Iowa Code 321.216A – Falsifying driver’s licenses, nonoperator’s identification cards, or forms
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It is a serious misdemeanor for a person to do any of the following:
1. Make a driver‘s license, a nonoperator’s vehicle identification card, or a blank driver’s license form if the person has no authority or right to make the license, card, or form.
Attorney's Note
Under the Iowa Code, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:| Class | Prison | Fine |
|---|---|---|
| Serious misdemeanor | up to 1 year | between $430 and $2,560 |
Terms Used In Iowa Code 321.216A
- Driver: means a person who operates a motor vehicle for the transportation of railroad workers in the motor vehicle on behalf of a railroad worker transportation company, whether the person is employed by the company for wages or drives for the company as an independent contractor. See Iowa Code 327F.39
- following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
- Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
- Person: includes any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, joint adventure, or association, and the plural as well as the singular number. See Iowa Code 321H.2
- Vehicle: means any vehicle as defined in chapter 321. See Iowa Code 321H.2
2. Obtain, possess, or have in the person’s control or on the person’s premises, driver’s license or nonoperator’s identification card forms.
3. Obtain, possess, or have in the person’s control or on the person’s premises, a driver’s license or a nonoperator’s identification card, or blank driver’s license or nonoperator’s identification card form, which has been made by a person having no authority or right to make the license, card, or form.
4. Use a false or fictitious name in any application for a driver’s license or nonoperator’s identification card or to knowingly make a false statement or knowingly conceal a material fact or otherwise commit fraud on an application.