{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-47-47-6-301v1","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 47, § 47-6-301v1","heading":"Unlawful use of license or identification card","body":"It shall be unlawful for any person to commit any of the acts\n\nspecified in paragraph 1 or 2 of this section in relation to an\n\nOklahoma driver license or identification card authorized to be\n\nissued by Service Oklahoma pursuant to the provisions of Sections 6-\n\n101 through 6-309 of this title or any driver license or other\n\nevidence of driving privilege or identification card authorized to\n\nbe issued by the state of origin.\n\n1. It is a misdemeanor for any licensee:\n\na. to display or cause or permit to be displayed one’s\n\nown license after such license has been suspended,\n\nrevoked, or canceled or to possess one’s own license\n\nafter having received notice of its suspension,\n\nrevocation, or cancellation,\n\nb. to lend one’s own license or identification card to\n\nany other person or knowingly permit the use thereof\n\nby another,\n\nc. to display or cause or permit to be displayed or to\n\npossess a license or identification card issued to\n\noneself which bears altered information concerning the\n\ndate of birth, expiration date, sex, height, eye\n\ncolor, weight, or license or card number,\n\nd. to fail or refuse to surrender to Service Oklahoma\n\nupon its lawful demand any license or identification\n\ncard which has been suspended, revoked, or canceled,\n\ne. to permit any unlawful use of a license or\n\nidentification card issued to oneself,\n\nf. to do any act forbidden or fail to perform any act\n\nrequired by this chapter, excepting those acts as\n\nprovided in paragraph 2 of this section,\n\ng. to display or represent as one’s own any license or\n\nidentification card not issued to such person unless\n\nunder conditions provided in subparagraph e of\n\nparagraph 2 of this section, or\n\nh. to add to, delete from, alter, or deface the required\n\ninformation on a driver license or identification\n\ncard.\n\n2. It is a felony for any person:\n\na. to create, publish, or otherwise manufacture an\n\nOklahoma or other state license or identification card\n\nor facsimile thereof, or to create, manufacture, or\n\npossess an engraved plate or other such device, card,\n\nlaminate, digital image or file, or software for the\n\nprinting of an Oklahoma or other state license or\n\nidentification card or facsimile thereof, except as\n\nauthorized pursuant to this title,\n\nb. to display or cause or permit to be displayed or to\n\nknowingly possess any state counterfeit or fictitious\n\nlicense or identification card,\n\nc. to display or cause to be displayed or to knowingly\n\npossess any state license or identification card\n\nbearing a fictitious or forged name or signature,\n\nd. to display or cause to be displayed or to knowingly\n\npossess any state license or identification card\n\nbearing the photograph of any person, other than the\n\nperson named thereon as licensee,\n\ne. to display or represent as one’s own, any license or\n\nidentification card not issued to him or her, for the\n\npurpose of committing a fraud in any commercial\n\ntransaction or to mislead a peace officer in the\n\nperformance of his or her duties, or\n\nf. to use a false or fictitious name in any application\n\nfor a license or identification card or to knowingly\n\nmake a false statement or to knowingly conceal a\n\nmaterial fact or otherwise commit a fraud in any such\n\napplication.\n\n3. It is a felony for any employee or person authorized to\n\nissue or approve the issuance of licenses or identification cards\n\nunder this title to knowingly issue or attempt to issue a license or\n\nidentification card or to knowingly give approval for, cause, or\n\nattempt to cause a license or identification card to be issued:\n\na. to a person not entitled thereto,\n\nb. bearing erroneous information thereon, or\n\nc. bearing the photograph of a person other than the\n\nperson named thereon.\n\nSuch conduct shall be grounds for termination of employment of the\n\nemployee.\n\n4. The violation of any of the provisions of paragraph 1 of\ningly give approval for, cause, or\n\nattempt to cause a license or identification card to be issued:\n\na. to a person not entitled thereto,\n\nb. bearing erroneous information thereon, or\n\nc. bearing the photograph of a person other than the\n\nperson named thereon.\n\nSuch conduct shall be grounds for termination of employment of the\n\nemployee.\n\n4. The violation of any of the provisions of paragraph 1 of\n\nthis section shall constitute a misdemeanor and shall, upon\n\nconviction thereof, be punishable by a fine not less than Twenty-\n\nfive Dollars ($25.00), nor more than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00);\n\nthe violation of any of the provisions of paragraph 2 or 3 of this\n\nsection shall constitute a felony and shall, upon conviction\n\nthereof, be punishable by a fine not to exceed Ten Thousand Dollars\n\n($10,000.00) or a term of imprisonment in the custody of the\n\nDepartment of Corrections not to exceed seven (7) years, or by both\n\nsuch fine and imprisonment.\n\n5. Notwithstanding any provision of this section, the\n\nDepartment of Public Safety, through the Identity Verification Unit\n\nestablished pursuant to Section 2-106.3 of this title, may, upon the\n\nrequest of the chief administrator of a law enforcement, military,\n\nor intelligence agency, authorize the issuance to and display and\n\npossession by a person of a license which would otherwise be a\n\nviolation of this section, for the sole purpose of aiding in a\n\ncriminal investigation or a military or intelligence operation.\n\nWhile acting pursuant to such authorization by the Department, such\n\nperson shall not be prosecuted for a violation under this section\n\nunless the person exceeds the scope or duration of the Department’s\n\nauthorization. Upon termination of such investigation or operation\n\nor upon request of the Department, the chief administrator of the\n\nlaw enforcement agency that requests the issuance of the license and\n\nthe recipient of the license shall be jointly responsible to ensure\n\nthe license is promptly returned to the Department. The Department\n\nand Service Oklahoma shall enter into interagency agreements as may\n\nbe necessary to fulfill the powers and duties set forth in this\n\nparagraph. The Department may enter into interagency agreements\n\nwith law enforcement agencies that request issuance of such a\n\nlicense to set forth the terms of the authorization for use of the\n\nlicense, the terms for custody and control of the license, and the\n\nterms for duration and revocation of authorization to use or possess\n\nthe license.","path":["OK Code","Title 47"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os47.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"8b1452ecb71d17fac0a1e1c7febcc5d5fb9c79a21389245e7282deb3da256945","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-47-47-6-301","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-47-47-6-302"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}