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<section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="8-303" title_number="8" title_name="Fraud and Related Crimes" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Identity Fraud">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Government identification document” means one of the following documents issued by the United States government or any state or local government:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a passport;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>an immigration visa;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>an alien registration card;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>an employment authorization card;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>a birth certificate;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>a Social Security card;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>a uniformed services identification;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="viii">
        <text>an adoption decree;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ix">
        <text>a marriage license;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="x">
        <text>a driver’s license; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="xi">
        <text>a photo identification card.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Uniformed services” has the meaning stated in § 9–901 of the State Government Article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A person may not, with fraudulent intent:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>possess a fictitious or fraudulently altered government identification document;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>display, cause, or allow to be displayed a fictitious or fraudulently altered government identification document;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>lend a government identification document to another or knowingly allow the use of the person’s government identification document by another; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>display or represent as the person’s own a government identification document not issued to the person.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 6 months or a fine not exceeding $500 or both.</text>
  </level>
</section>
