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Iowa Code § 321.216 — showing someone else's license, or lending one's own, is a simple misdemeanor

  • Displaying or possessing a canceled, revoked, suspended, fictitious or fraudulently altered driver's license or nonoperator's identification card.
  • Lending one's own license or card to another person, or knowingly letting another use it.
  • Displaying or representing as one's own a license or card not issued to that person.
  • Failing to surrender a suspended, revoked or canceled license or card when the department lawfully demands it.
  • Iowa Code § 321.216
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Each is a simple misdemeanor punished as a scheduled violation.

  • Iowa Code § 321.216
Sources for this section (1)
  1. Iowa Code § 321.216 — Unlawful use of license or nonoperator’s identification card — penalty

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