Section 179:62 Manufacture, Sale, and Possession of False Identification.
I. No person shall knowingly manufacture, sell, advertise for sale, solicit orders for, deliver or cause to be delivered, or produce in any manner any photographic identification card that purports to be an official document issued by a local, state, or federal government, or any political subdivision thereof, which contains false or inaccurate information regarding the name, address, date of birth, or height and weight characteristics of the cardholder. A person who violates this paragraph shall be guilty of:
(a) A misdemeanor.
(b) A class B felony if such person has had 2 or more prior convictions in this state or another state for the conduct described in this paragraph.
(c) A class B felony if such person is engaged in the business of manufacturing, selling, advertising for sale, soliciting orders for, delivering, or causing to be delivered photographic identification cards in violation of this paragraph.
II. In this section, ""engaged in the business'' means manufacturing, selling, advertising for sale, soliciting orders for, delivering, or causing to be delivered 5 or more photographic identification cards in violation of paragraph I.
III. No person shall possess a photographic identification card that purports to be an official document issued by a local, state, or federal government, or any political subdivision thereof, which contains false or inaccurate information regarding the name, address, date of birth, or height and weight characteristics of the card holder. Any person who violates this paragraph shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
IV. Interests in any tools, instruments, computer or computerized records, products, and equipment of any kind, or other paraphernalia used in the manufacture, sale, advertising for sale, delivery, or solicitation of any order for sale, of a false identification card, shall, upon petition of the attorney general, be subject to forfeiture to the state and shall be vested in the state.
Source. 1998, 374:2, eff. Jan. 1, 1999.