Washington statute

RCW 46.20.0921 — Violations—Penalty

Current through 2026 Regular Session

Part of Chapter 46.20: Drivers' Licenses—Identicards, Revised Code of Washington.

Criminal charges under this statute

Violations

Full text of RCW 46.20.0921

Statutory text current through the 2026 Regular Session. This publication reproduces the official text of the Revised Code of Washington from the Code Reviser's published files; it is not the official statutes of the State of Washington.

RCW 46.20.0921Primary source, current through the 2026 Regular Session

(1) It is a misdemeanor for any person: (a) To display or cause or permit to be displayed or have in his or her possession any fictitious or fraudulently altered driver's license or identicard; (b) To lend his or her driver's license or identicard to any other person or knowingly permit the use thereof by another; (c) To display or represent as one's own any driver's license or identicard not issued to him or her; (d) Willfully to fail or refuse to surrender to the department upon its lawful demand any driver's license or identicard which has been suspended, revoked or canceled; (e) To use a false or fictitious name in any application for a driver's license or identicard or to knowingly make a false statement or to knowingly conceal a material fact or otherwise commit a fraud in any such application; (f) To permit any unlawful use of a driver's license or identicard issued to him or her. (2) It is a class C felony for any person to sell or deliver a stolen driver's license or identicard. (3) It is unlawful for any person to manufacture, sell, or deliver a forged, fictitious, counterfeit, fraudulently altered, or unlawfully issued driver's license or identicard, or to manufacture, sell, or deliver a blank driver's license or identicard except under the direction of the department. A violation of this subsection is: (a) A class C felony if committed (i) for financial gain or (ii) with intent to commit forgery, theft, or identity theft; or (b) A gross misdemeanor if the conduct does not violate (a) of this subsection. (4) Notwithstanding subsection (3) of this section, it is a misdemeanor for any person under the age of twenty-one to manufacture or deliver fewer than four forged, fictitious, counterfeit, or fraudulently altered driver's licenses or identicards for the sole purpose of misrepresenting a person's age. (5) In a proceeding under subsection (2), (3), or (4) of this section that is related to an identity theft under RCW 9.35.020, the crime will be considered to have been committed in any locality where the person whose means of identification or financial information was appropriated resides, or in which any part of the offense took place, regardless of whether the defendant was ever actually in that locality.

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Questions this section answers

Is violations a felony or a misdemeanor in Washington?

It depends on the circumstances: violations ranges from a Misdemeanor to a Class C Felony in Washington under RCW 46.20.0921.

Misdemeanor license misuse: Misdemeanor (RCW 46.20.0921(1)) · Sale or delivery of stolen license/identicard: Class C Felony (RCW 46.20.0921(2)) · Manufacture/sale/delivery of forged license — financial gain or criminal intent: Class C Felony (RCW 46.20.0921(3)(a)) · Manufacture/sale/delivery of forged license — other conduct: Gross Misdemeanor (RCW 46.20.0921(3)(b)) · Underage manufacture/delivery of fewer than four fraudulent licenses for age misrepresentation: Misdemeanor (RCW 46.20.0921(4))

Which Washington statute covers violations?

Violations is governed by RCW 46.20.0921 (Violations—Penalty).

This reference is informational and is not legal advice.