{"data":{"id":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-45-35-13","jurisdiction":"us-ms","citation":"Miss. Code Ann. § 45-35-13","heading":"Miss. Code Ann. § 45-35-13","body":"(1) No person shall:\n\n(a) Display, or cause or permit to be displayed, or have in his possession, any cancelled, fictitious, fraudulently altered or fraudulently obtained identification cards;\n\n(b) Lend an identification card to any person or knowingly permit the use thereof by another;\n\n(c) Display or represent any identification card not issued to him as being his card;\n\n(d) Permit any unlawful use of an identification card issued to him;\n\n(e) Do any act forbidden or fail to perform any act required by this article;\n\n(f) Photograph, photostat, duplicate or in any way reproduce, manufacture, sell or distribute any identification card or facsimile thereof so that it could be mistaken for a valid identification card; or\n\n(g) Display or have in his possession any photograph, photostat, duplicate, reproduction or facsimile of an identification card unless authorized by the provisions of this article.\n\n(2) Any person convicted of a violation of any provision of paragraph (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) or (g) of subsection (1) of this section is 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.\n\n(3) Any person under twenty-one (21) years of age at the time of the offense who is convicted of a violation of paragraph (f) of subsection (1) of this section shall be punished as follows:\n\n(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.\n\n(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.\n\n(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 (f) 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.","path":["MS Code","Title 45"],"source_url":"https://legislature.ms.gov/","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:17Z","sha256":"236e00740eec5fd4c4601bd980d140916011e5dbe1aff3e35510b013d35e1fbf","source_id":"us-ms","stale":false,"prev":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-45-35-11","next":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-45-35-15"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}