2011 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 66: Motor Vehicles
Article 5: Licensing of Operators and Chauffeurs; Financial Responsibility; Uninsured Motorists' Insurance; Identification Cards, 66-5-1 through 66-5-504
Section 66-5-409: Unlawful use of identification card.
66-5-409. Unlawful use of identification card.
A. It is a misdemeanor for any person to:
(1) use or possess an altered, forged or fictitious identification card;
(2) alter or forge an identification card or make a fictitious identification card;
(3) lend the person's identification card to any other person or to knowingly permit the use of the person's identification card by another;
(4) display or represent as one's own any identification card not issued to the person;
(5) use a false or fictitious name in any application for an identification card or knowingly make a false statement or conceal a material fact or otherwise commit a fraud in any such application; or
(6) make or permit any unlawful use of the identification card issued to the person.
B. For the purposes of this section, "identification card" means an identification card issued by the department pursuant to Section 66-5-401 or 66-5-404 NMSA 1978.
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