California · Penal Code

PEN §470b: Every person who displays or causes or permits to be displayed or has in his or her possession any driver’s license or identification card of the type enumerated in Section 470a with the intent that t

Misdemeanor

What this law says, in plain English

A person who possesses or displays a driver's license or ID card intending to use it to facilitate forgery is punishable by up to one year in county jail.

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Every person who displays or causes or permits to be displayed or has in his or her possession any driver’s license or identification card of the type enumerated in Section 470a with the intent that the driver’s license or identification card be used to facilitate the commission of any forgery, is punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for not more than one year, or by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170.

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