53-3-217. License to be carried when driving motor vehicle -- Production in court -- Violation.
(1) The licensee shall have his license certificate in his immediate possession at all times when driving a motor vehicle. A licensee shall display his license certificate upon demand of a justice of peace, a peace officer, or a field deputy or inspector of the division.
(2) It is a defense to a charge under this section that the person charged produces in court a license certificate issued to him and valid at the time of his citation or arrest.
(3) A person who violates Subsectionoris guilty of an infraction. (1)(a) (1)(b)