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<section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="8-302" title_number="8" title_name="Fraud and Related Crimes" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Identity Fraud">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “offer for sale” includes to induce, solicit, attempt, or advertise in a manner intended to encourage a person to purchase an identification card.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Subject to subsection (c) of this section, a person may not:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>sell, issue, offer for sale, or offer to issue an identification card or document that contains:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a blank space for a person’s age or date of birth; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a person’s incorrect age or date of birth; or</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>knowingly sell, issue, offer for sale, or offer to issue an identification card or document that contains:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>an incorrect name instead of a person’s true name; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>an incorrect address for a person.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>This section does not prohibit a manufacturer of identification cards or documents from selling or issuing identification cards or documents that contain a blank space for a person’s age or date of birth to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>employers, for use as employee identification cards or documents;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>hospitals, for use as patient identification cards; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>governmental units.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 2 years or a fine not exceeding $2,000 or both.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Each identification card or document sold or issued and each offer in violation of this section is a crime that may be separately prosecuted.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The Attorney General, or the State’s Attorney for a county where a violation of this section occurs, may seek an injunction to stop a sale, issue, or offer that violates this section.</text>
  </level>
</section>
