# Subtitle 20 – Fraud - Identification Cards

Current through 2026-07-17. Source: City of Balt., Md., Ord. 26-129. Published by the Baltimore City Department of Legislative Reference.

## § 20-1 Issuance of inaccurate cards.

Balt., Md., Code art. 19, § 20-1 (2026)

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation within the limits of Baltimore City to give, sell, or issue to any person, any form of identification card or paper which purports to give personal information concerning the said person, including such possible items as name, address, employment, and age, as well as physical characteristics of the person, unless the person, firm, or corporation which gives, sells, or issues any such identification card or paper has taken due caution to assure that the information purportedly contained on such identification card or paper is correct.

(b) Any person, firm, or corporation which gives, sells, or issues to any person such an identification card or paper, without having taken due caution to assure the correctness of the information contained thereon, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be subject to a fine in an amount not exceeding $100 for each such violation.

*History: Ord. 58-1390*

## § 20-2 Use of inaccurate card.

Balt., Md., Code art. 19, § 20-2 (2026)

Any person who makes use of any such identification card or paper, for which he himself wilfully has provided false information, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be subject to the same penalty.

*History: Ord. 58-1390*