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Terms Used In Maryland Code, CRIMINAL LAW 8-303

  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Person: includes an individual, receiver, trustee, guardian, personal representative, fiduciary, representative of any kind, corporation, partnership, business trust, statutory trust, limited liability company, firm, association, or other nongovernmental entity. See
  • state: means :

    (1) a state, possession, territory, or commonwealth of the United States; or

    (2) the District of Columbia. See
(a) In this section, “government identification document” means one of the following documents issued by the United States government or any state or local government:

(1) a passport;

(2) an immigration visa;

(3) an alien registration card;

(4) an employment authorization card;

(5) a birth certificate;

(6) a Social Security card;

(7) a military identification;

(8) an adoption decree;

(9) a marriage license;

(10) a driver’s license; or

(11) a photo identification card.

(b) A person may not, with fraudulent intent:

(1) possess a fictitious or fraudulently altered government identification document;

(2) display, cause, or allow to be displayed a fictitious or fraudulently altered government identification document;

(3) lend a government identification document to another or knowingly allow the use of the person’s government identification document by another; or

(4) display or represent as the person’s own a government identification document not issued to the person.

(c) A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 6 months or a fine not exceeding $500 or both.