Minnesota § 171.22 UNLAWFUL ACTS RELATING TO DRIVER'S LICENSE

Minnesota Statutes

§ 171.22 — UNLAWFUL ACTS RELATING TO DRIVER'S LICENSE

Minnesota § 171.22

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Ch. 171DRIVERS' LICENSES AND TRAINING SCHOOLS

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Minn. Stat. § 171.22 (2026).

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Subdivision 1.Violations. With regard to any driver's license, including a commercial driver's license, it shall be unlawful for any person:

(1)to display, cause or permit to be displayed, or have in possession, any fictitious or fraudulently altered driver's license or Minnesota identification card;

(2)to lend the person's driver's license or Minnesota identification card to any other person or knowingly permit the use thereof by another;

(3)to display or represent as one's own any driver's license or Minnesota identification card not issued to that person;

(4)to use a fictitious name or date of birth to any police officer or in any application for a driver's license or Minnesota identification card, or to knowingly make a false statement, or to knowingly conceal a material fact, or

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Subdivision 1.Violations.
With regard to any driver's license, including a commercial driver's license, it shall be unlawful for any person:
(1) to display, cause or permit to be displayed, or have in possession, any fictitious or fraudulently altered driver's license or Minnesota identification card;
(2) to lend the person's driver's license or Minnesota identification card to any other person or knowingly permit the use thereof by another;
(3) to display or represent as one's own any driver's license or Minnesota identification card not issued to that person;
(4) to use a fictitious name or date of birth to any police officer or in any application for a driver's license or Minnesota 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;
(5) to alter any driver's license or Minnesota identification card;
(6) to take any part of the driver's license examination for another or to permit another to take the examination for that person;
(7) to make a counterfeit driver's license or Minnesota identification card;
(8) to use the name and date of birth of another person to any police officer for the purpose of falsely identifying oneself to the police officer;
(9) to display as a valid driver's license any canceled, revoked, or suspended driver's license. A person whose driving privileges have been withdrawn may display a driver's license only for identification purposes; or
(10) to submit a false affidavit or statement to the department on the certification required under section171.05, subdivision 2, paragraph (a), clause (1), item (ii), subitem (C), to issue an instruction permit to a homeschool student.

Subd. 2.Penalties.
Any person who violates subdivision 1, clause (7) or (8), is guilty of a gross misdemeanor. Any person who violates any other provision of subdivision 1 is guilty of a misdemeanor.

Legislative History

(2720-145g)1939 c 401 s 22;1957 c 564 s 5;1961 c 64 s 1;1969 c 9 s 33;1971 c 163 s 1;1986 c 444;1988 c 681 s 16;1989 c 301 s 10;1989 c 307 s 32;1993 c 266 s 26;1994 c 501 s 8;1994 c 636 art 2 s 5;1Sp2011 c 11 art 1 s 30;2024 c 85 s 45