False Statements and False Documents - Penalty

False Statements and False Documents – Penalty. It shall be unlawful for any person to: (a) Knowingly make a false statement in an application for an identification card. (b) Knowingly make a false statement in an application for a driver’s license. (c) Knowingly submit a false document to the Bureau of Motor Vehicles. (d) Any person who pleads guilty to or is found guilty of a violation of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by imprisonment for a term not to exceed one year or by a fine not exceeding $2000 or by both fine and imprisonment. (e) Fifty percent of any fines collected under this section shall be distributed to the Department of Public Safety to offset the cost of fraud prevention at the Bureau of Motor Vehicles. Source: PL 19-58 § 4 (Aug. 1, 2016), modified. Commission Comment: The Commission changed “drivers’ license” to “driver’s license” in (b) and “two thousand dollars” to “$2000” in (d) pursuant to 1 CMC § 3806(g).