47-6-301.

§47-6-301.


    It shall be unlawful for any person to commit any of the acts
specified in paragraphs 1 or 2 of this section in relation to an
Oklahoma driver's license or identification card authorized to be
issued by the Department of Public Safety pursuant to the provisions
of Sections 6-101 through 6-308 of this title or any driver license
or other evidence of driving privilege or identification card
authorized to be issued by the state of origin.
    1.  It is a misdemeanor for any licensee:
         a.   to display or cause or permit to be displayed his
              license after such license has been suspended, revoked
              or canceled or to possess his license after having
              received notice of its suspension, revocation, or
              cancellation,
         b.   to lend his license or identification card to any other
              person or knowingly permit the use thereof by another,
         c.   to display or cause or permit to be displayed or to
              possess a license or identification card issued to him
              which bears altered information concerning the date of
              birth, expiration date, sex, height, eye color, weight
              or license or card number,
         d.   to fail or refuse to surrender to the Department upon
              its lawful demand any license or identification card
              which has been suspended, revoked or canceled,
         e.   to permit any unlawful use of a license or
              identification card issued to him, or
         f.   to do any act forbidden or fail to perform any act
              required by this chapter, excepting those acts as
              provided in paragraph 2 of this section.
    2.  It is a felony for any person:
         a.   to create, publish or otherwise manufacture an Oklahoma
              or other state license or identification card or
              facsimile thereof, or to create, manufacture or possess
              an engraved plate or other such device for the printing
              of an Oklahoma or other state license or identification
              card or facsimile thereof, except as authorized
              pursuant to this title,
         b.   to display or cause or permit to be displayed or to
              knowingly possess any state counterfeit or fictitious
              license or identification card,
         c.   to display or cause to be displayed or to knowingly
              possess any state license or identification card
              bearing a fictitious or forged name or signature,
         d.   to display or cause to be displayed or to knowingly
              possess any state license or identification card
              bearing the photograph of any person, other than the
              person named thereon as licensee,
         e.   to display or represent as one's own any license or
              identification card not issued to him, for the purpose
              of committing a fraud in any commercial transaction or
              to mislead a peace officer in the performance of his
              duties, or
         f.   to use a false or fictitious name in any application
              for a license or identification card or to knowingly
              make a false statement or to knowingly conceal a
              material fact or otherwise commit a fraud in any such
              application.
    3.  It is a felony for any employee or person authorized to issue
licenses or identification cards under this title to knowingly issue
a license or identification card or knowingly cause a license or
identification card to be issued:
         a.   to a person not entitled thereto,
         b.   bearing erroneous information thereon, or
         c.   bearing the photograph of a person other than the
              person named thereon.
    4.  The violation of any of the provisions of paragraph 1 of this
section shall constitute a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction
thereof, be punishable by a fine of not less than Twenty-five Dollars
($25.00), nor more than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00); the violation
of any of the provisions of paragraphs 2 or 3 of this section shall
constitute a felony, upon conviction thereof.  The fine for a
violation of paragraphs 2 or 3 of this section shall not exceed Ten
Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00).
    5.  Notwithstanding any provision of this section, the
Commissioner of the Department of Public Safety may, upon the request
of the chief administrator of a law enforcement agency, authorize the
issuance, display, manufacture and possession of a license which
would otherwise be a violation of this section, for the sole purpose
of aiding in a criminal investigation.  While acting pursuant to such
authorization by the Commissioner, such person shall not be
prosecuted for a violation under this section.  Upon termination of
such criminal investigation or upon request of the Commissioner, the
chief administrator shall forthwith cause such license to be returned
to the Commissioner.