                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

MANUFACTURE, SALE, ETC., OR POSSESSION OF FICTITIOUS, FACSIMILE OR SIMULATED
OFFICIAL LICENSE OR IDENTIFICATION; PENALTY (§ 18.2-204.2)

A. Except as provided in subsection D of &#xA7; 18.2-204.1, it shall be unlawful
for any person to manufacture, advertise for sale, sell or possess any
fictitious, facsimile or simulated driver&#8217;s license issued by any state,
territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or any foreign country or government; United States
Armed Forces identification card; United States passport or foreign government
visa; Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles special identification card;
official identification issued by any other federal, state or foreign government
agency; or official student identification card of an institution of higher
education, or in any way reproduce any identification card or facsimile thereof
in such a manner that it could be mistaken for a valid license or identification
of any type specified in this subsection.

B. Any person manufacturing, advertising for sale, selling or reproducing such
card or facsimile thereof shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.

C. Any person possessing any such card or facsimile thereof shall be guilty of a
Class 2 misdemeanor.

D. The provisions of this section shall not preclude an election to prosecute
under &#xA7; 18.2-172, except to prosecute for forgery or uttering of such
license or identification card or facsimile thereof as proof of age.

HISTORY: 1980, c. 281; 1989, c. 705; 1992, c. 531; 2006, cc. 445, 484; 2011, c.
401.