1. (a) In this section, “offer for sale” includes to induce, solicit, attempt, or advertise in a manner intended to encourage a person to purchase an identification card.

2. (b) Subject to subsection (c) of this section, a person may not:

   1. (1) sell, issue, offer for sale, or offer to issue an identification card or document that contains:

      1. (i) a blank space for a person's age or date of birth; or
      2. (ii) a person's incorrect age or date of birth; or

   2. (2) knowingly sell, issue, offer for sale, or offer to issue an identification card or document that contains:

      1. (i) an incorrect name instead of a person's true name; or
      2. (ii) an incorrect address for a person.

3. (c) This section does not prohibit a manufacturer of identification cards or documents from selling or issuing identification cards or documents that contain a blank space for a person's age or date of birth to:

   1. (1) employers, for use as employee identification cards or documents;
   2. (2) hospitals, for use as patient identification cards; or
   3. (3) governmental units.

4. (d)

   1. (1) A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 2 years or a fine not exceeding $2,000 or both.
   2. (2) Each identification card or document sold or issued and each offer in violation of this section is a crime that may be separately prosecuted.
5. (e) The Attorney General, or the State's Attorney for a county where a violation of this section occurs, may seek an injunction to stop a sale, issue, or offer that violates this section.

Added by Acts 2002, c. 26, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2002. Amended by Acts 2006, c. 486, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2006.

Formerly Art. 27, § 233E.