Unlawful use of license — Oklahoma Permit Test

Your Oklahoma license is a legal document, and it is against the law to use it to misrepresent yourself or to allow anyone else to use it.

A license is how people trust who you are, and letting it lie for someone breaks that trust.

Your license is a legal document, the property of the state of Oklahoma and it is against the law to use it to misrepresent yourself in any way or to allow anyone else to use your license.

Your Oklahoma license or ID card may be canceled if you loan it to any other person or knowingly permit another to use it.

Fake and borrowed IDs are how many young people buy alcohol, so the state can cancel a lent license.

Your ID card or driver license may be canceled if you:

Your Oklahoma license may be canceled if you display or possess one issued to you that has altered information, such as the date of birth or expiration date.

Changing a birth date on a license is a common way to pretend to be old enough to buy alcohol.

Display or cause or permit to be displayed or possess a license or identification card issued to you that has altered information for the date of birth, expiration date, sex, height, eye color, weight or license card number.

Your Oklahoma license may be canceled if you fail or refuse to surrender a suspended, revoked or canceled license to Service Oklahoma upon its lawful demand.

A suspended license still in a pocket can be shown as if it were good, so the state asks for it back.

Fail or refuse to surrender to Service Oklahoma upon its lawful demand any license or identification card that has been suspended, revoked or canceled.

Using a false or fictitious name on any application for an Oklahoma license or ID card can get it canceled.

A license in a false name lets someone hide a bad driving record and escape the law.

Use a false or fictitious name on any application for a license or identification card.

In Oklahoma, it is a felony for anyone authorized to issue licenses to knowingly license someone not entitled to a license.

The people who issue licenses are trusted to keep unsafe and unknown drivers off the road.

It’s a felony for anyone who is authorized to issue licenses to knowingly participate in licensing someone not entitled to a license or who lies on the application or tries to use another person’s picture.

Your older cousin wants to borrow your license. What does Oklahoma law say?

It is against the law. A license is how people trust who you are, and letting it lie for someone breaks that trust. Oklahoma Driver Manual, p.69: “Your license is a legal document, the property of the state of Oklahoma and it is against the law to use it to misrepresent yourself in any way or to allow anyone else to use your license.”