§846-31 Identification certificates not to be altered; duties of holder; lost certificates. No person, except agents of the department of the attorney general acting pursuant to the authority of law, shall alter, deface, or destroy any certificate of identification. Except as specifically authorized by this section or the rules of the attorney general, no registrant shall loan or give the registrant's certificate of identification to any other person, and no person shall use the certificate of identification of any other person. Any registrant whose certificate of identification is stolen or otherwise lost, or altered, defaced, or destroyed, may at any time apply for a duplicate certificate of identification in such manner as the attorney general may require, which duplicate shall be issued by the department upon being satisfied as to such loss, alteration, defacing, or destruction. In the case of an altered or defaced certificate of identification, the certificate, if available, shall be surrendered by the registrant and canceled by the department. Any person finding or coming into possession of the certificate of identification of any other person shall promptly return or deliver the same to the owner thereof or to the nearest office of the department. [L 1983, c 78, pt of §3(6); am L 1988, c 183, §3; am L 1993, c 249, §6]