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2018 Mississippi Code
Title 63 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulations
Chapter 1 - Driver’s License
Article 1 - Driver’s License.
§ 63-1-60. Alteration, fraudulent use, or fraudulent procurement of license.

Universal Citation: MS Code § 63-1-60 (2018)
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  • (1) It shall be unlawful for any person:

    • (a) To display, cause or permit to be displayed, or have in his possession, any fictitious, fraudulently altered or fraudulently obtained driver’s license;

    • (b) To display or represent any driver’s license not issued to him as being his own driver’s license;

    • (c) To photograph, photostat, duplicate or in any way reproduce, manufacture, sell or distribute or alter any driver’s license, or facsimile thereof, in such a manner that it could be mistaken for a valid driver’s license;

    • (d) To display or have in his possession any photograph, photostat, duplicate, reproduction or facsimile of a driver’s license unless authorized by law; or

    • (e) To take a driver’s license examination for another or to use any other name, other than his own, on the driver’s license application in an attempt to take the driver’s license examination for another.

  • (2) Any person convicted of a violation of paragraph (a), (b), (d) or (e) of subsection (1) of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment for not more than thirty (30) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

  • (3) Any person under twenty-one (21) years of age at the time of the offense who is convicted of a violation of paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of this section shall be punished as follows:

    • (a) A first offense shall be a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

    • (b) A second or subsequent offense, the offenses being committed within a period of five (5) years, shall be a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or by imprisonment for not more than one (1) year, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

  • (4) Any person twenty-one (21) years of age or older at the time of the offense who is convicted of a violation of paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of this section is guilty of a felony and shall be punished by a fine of not less than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or imprisonment for not more than three (3) years, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

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