It is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars or imprisonment for not more than thirty days for a first offense and not more than five hundred dollars or imprisonment for not more than six months for a second or subsequent offense for any person:

(1) to display or cause or permit to be displayed or have in his possession any canceled, revoked, suspended, or fraudulently altered driver’s license or personal identification card;

Terms Used In South Carolina Code 56-1-510

  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.

(2) to lend his driver’s or personal identification card to any other person or knowingly permit the use of it by another;

(3) to display or represent as one’s own driver’s license or personal identification card any driver’s license acquired in violation of this section;

(4) to fail or refuse to surrender to the Department of Motor Vehicles upon lawful demand any driver’s license which has been suspended, canceled, or revoked;

(5) to use a false or fictitious name in any application for a driver’s license or personal identification card or knowingly make a false statement or to knowingly conceal a material fact or otherwise commit a fraud in any such application;

(6) to permit any unlawful use of a driver’s license or personal identification card issued to him; or

(7) to do any act forbidden or fail to perform any act required by this article.

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