61-5-302. Unlawful use of license or identification card. It is a misdemeanor for a person to:

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Terms Used In Montana Code 61-5-302

  • Department: means the department of justice acting directly or through its duly authorized officers or agents. See Montana Code 61-1-101
  • Driver: means a person who drives or is in actual physical control of a vehicle. See Montana Code 61-1-101
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Knowingly: means only a knowledge that the facts exist which bring the act or omission within the provisions of this code. See Montana Code 1-1-204
  • person: means an individual, corporation, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, state agency, local government unit, another state government, the United States, a political subdivision of this or another state, or any other legal or commercial entity. See Montana Code 61-1-101

(1)display or cause or permit to be displayed or have in the person’s possession a canceled, revoked, suspended, fictitious, or altered driver‘s license, identification card, or tribal identification card;

(2)lend the person’s driver’s license, identification card, or tribal identification card to any other person or knowingly permit its use by another;

(3)display or represent as one’s own any driver’s license, identification card, or tribal identification card not issued to the person;

(4)fail or refuse to surrender to the department upon its lawful demand a driver’s license or identification card that has been suspended, revoked, or canceled;

(5)use a false or fictitious name in an application for a driver’s license or identification card or knowingly make a false statement or knowingly conceal a material fact or otherwise commit a fraud in an application; or

(6)permit any unlawful use of a driver’s license, identification card, or tribal identification card issued to the person.