{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-521.451","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 521.451","heading":"GENERAL VIOLATION.","body":"(a) Except as provided by Section 521.452, a person may not:\n(1) display, cause or permit to be displayed, or have in the person's possession a driver's license or certificate that the person knows is fictitious or has been altered;\n(2) lend the person's driver's license or certificate to another person or knowingly permit another person to use the person's driver's license or certificate;\n(3) display or represent as the person's own a driver's license or certificate not issued to the person;\n(4) possess more than one currently valid driver's license or more than one currently valid certificate; or\n(5) in an application for an original, renewal, or duplicate driver's license or certificate:\n(A) provide a false name, false address, or a counterfeit document; or\n(B) knowingly make a false statement, conceal a material fact, or otherwise commit fraud.\n(b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.\n(c) If conduct that constitutes an offense under Subsection (a) also constitutes an offense under Section 106.07, Alcoholic Beverage Code, the actor may be prosecuted only under Section 106.07, Alcoholic Beverage Code.\nActs 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 659, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1999; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 933, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.\nAmended by:\nActs 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1208 (H.B. 699), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.","path":["TRANSPORTATION CODE","TITLE 7. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC","SUBTITLE B. DRIVER'S LICENSES AND PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION CARDS","CHAPTER 521. DRIVER'S LICENSES AND CERTIFICATES","SUBCHAPTER S. MISCELLANEOUS OFFENSES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.521.htm#521.451","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"5f7fa6afd38393a282ef060cea4fed73b25063ce487c9456e9fdcc069a4d4eb0","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-521.428","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-521.452"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}