Display of false insurance card

625 ILCS 5/3-710, under Offenses Against Registration And Certificate Of Title Laws Or Revocation Of Registration Or Certificate Of Title.

625 ILCS 5/3-710

(625 ILCS 5/3-710) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-710)

    Sec. 3-710. Display of false insurance card. No person shall display evidence of insurance to a law enforcement officer, court, or officer of the court, knowing there is no valid liability insurance in effect on the motor vehicle as required under Section 7-601 of this Code or knowing the evidence of insurance is illegally altered, counterfeit, or otherwise invalid as evidence of insurance required under Section 7-602 of this Code. If the law enforcement officer issues a citation to a motor vehicle operator for displaying invalid evidence of insurance, the officer shall confiscate the evidence for presentation in court.

    Any person convicted of violating this Section is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.

(Source: P.A. 89-565, eff. 7-26-96.)