Sec. 2. (a) A person may not do any of the following:

(1) Display, cause or allow to be displayed, or possess a driver’s license or permit issued under this article knowing that the driver’s license or permit is fictitious or has been canceled, revoked, suspended, or altered.

Attorney's Note

Under the Indiana Code, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
Level 6 felonybetween 6 mos. and 2 1/2 yearsup to $10,000
Class C misdemeanorup to 60 daysup to $500
For details, see Ind. Code § 35-50-2-7 and Ind. Code § 35-50-3-4

Terms Used In Indiana Code 9-24-18-2

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
(2) Lend to an individual or knowingly permit the use by an individual not entitled to use a driver’s license or permit a driver’s license or permit issued under this article.

(3) Display or represent as the individual’s driver’s license or permit issued under this article a driver’s license or permit not issued to the individual.

(4) Fail or refuse to surrender, upon demand of the proper official, a driver’s license or permit issued under this article that has been suspended, canceled, or revoked as provided by law.

(5) Knowingly sell, offer to sell, buy, possess, or offer as genuine, a driver’s license or permit required by this article to be issued by the bureau that has not been issued by the bureau under this article or by the appropriate authority of any other state or country.

A person that knowingly or intentionally violates this subsection commits a Class C misdemeanor.

     (b) An individual who:

(1) knowingly or intentionally uses a false or fictitious name or gives a false or fictitious address in an application:

(A) for a driver’s license or permit issued under this article; or

(B) for a renewal, amendment, or replacement of a driver’s license or permit issued under this article; or

(2) knowingly or intentionally makes a false statement or conceals a material fact or otherwise commits a fraud in an application for a driver’s license or permit issued under this article;

commits application fraud, a Level 6 felony.

[Pre-1991 Recodification Citations: 9-1-4-47; 9-1-4-53(a) part.]

As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.12. Amended by P.L.106-2006, SEC.2; P.L.109-2011, SEC.28; P.L.158-2013, SEC.156; P.L.198-2016, SEC.528.