Fla. Stat. 831.29
Making or having instruments and material for counterfeiting driver licenses or identification cards

Any person who has control, custody, or possession of any plate, block, press, stone, or other tool, instrument, or implement, or any part thereof; engraves, makes, or amends, or begins to engrave, make, or amend, any plate, block, press, stone, or other tool, instrument, or implement; brings into the state any such plate, block, press, stone, or other tool, instrument, or implement, or any part thereof, in the similitude of the driver licenses or identification cards issued by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles or its duly authorized agents or those of any state or jurisdiction that issues licenses recognized in this state for the operation of a motor vehicle or that issues identification cards recognized in this state for the purpose of indicating a person’s true name and age; has control, custody, or possession of or makes or provides any paper or other material adapted and designed for the making of a false and counterfeit driver license or identification card purporting to be issued by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles or its duly authorized agents or those of any state or jurisdiction that issues licenses recognized in this state for the operation of a motor vehicle or that issues identification cards recognized in this state for the purpose of indicating a person’s true name and age; has in his or her possession, control, or custody any such plate or block engraved in any part, or any press or other tool or instrument or any paper or other material adapted and designed as aforesaid with intent to sell, issue, publish, pass, or utter the same or to cause or permit the same to be used in forging or making any such false or counterfeit driver license or identification card; or prints, photographs, or in any manner makes or executes any engraved photograph, print, or impression by any process whatsoever in the similitude of any such licenses or identification cards with the intent to sell, issue, publish, or utter the same or to cause or permit the same to be used in forging or making any such false and counterfeit driver license or identification card of this state or any state or jurisdiction that issues licenses recognized in this state for the operation of a motor vehicle or that issues identification cards recognized in this state for the purpose of indicating a person’s true name and age is guilty of a felony of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.

Source: Section 831.29 — Making or having instruments and material for counterfeiting driver licenses or identification cards, https://www.­flsenate.­gov/Laws/Statutes/2024/0831.­29 (accessed Aug. 7, 2025).

831.01
Forgery 831.02
Uttering forged instruments 831.03
Forging or counterfeiting private labels 831.04
Penalty for changing or forging certain instruments of writing 831.06
Fictitious signature of officer of corporation 831.07
Forging bank bills, checks, drafts, or promissory notes 831.08
Possessing certain forged notes, bills, checks, or drafts 831.09
Uttering forged bills, checks, drafts, or notes 831.10
Second conviction of uttering forged bills 831.11
Bringing into the state forged bank bills, checks, drafts, or notes 831.12
Fraudulently connecting parts of genuine instrument 831.13
Having in possession uncurrent bills 831.14
Uttering uncurrent bills 831.15
Counterfeiting coin 831.16
Having fewer than 10 counterfeit coins in possession with intent to utter 831.17
Violation of s 831.18
Making or possessing instruments for forging bills 831.19
Making or having instruments for counterfeiting coin 831.20
Counterfeit bills and counterfeiters’ tools to be seized 831.21
Forging or counterfeiting doctor’s certificate of examination 831.22
Damaging bank bills 831.23
Impeding circulation 831.24
Issuing shop bills similar to bank notes 831.025
Evidence in prosecution for forgery or counterfeiting 831.25
Bringing private bills similar to bank bills into the state 831.26
Circulating any substitute for regular currency 831.27
Issuing notes 831.28
Counterfeiting a payment instrument 831.29
Making or having instruments and material for counterfeiting driver licenses or identification cards 831.30
Medicinal drugs 831.031
Evidence 831.31
Counterfeit controlled substance 831.032
Offenses involving forging or counterfeiting private labels 831.033
Forging or counterfeiting private labels 831.034
Prosecutions 831.311
Unlawful sale, manufacture, alteration, delivery, uttering, or possession of counterfeit-resistant prescription blanks for controlled substances

Current through Fall 2025

§ 831.29. Making or having instruments & material for counterfeiting driver licenses or identification cards's source at flsenate​.gov