PROVIDING FALSE INFORMATION to a POLICE OFFICER REDUCED to NO DRIVERS LICENSE in POSSESSION TICKET – State v. Mr. C (DMC No. 8222) (Maryvale Justice Court JC2008-131249): Mr. C travels in a trailer all around the United States. He spent approximately 4 months a year in Arizona. He was pulled over for not having his registration sticker on his license plate, but he showed the Police Officers that he had it in the glove box and simply forgot to put it on his car. When asked for driver’s license, he provided an International Driver’s License, which is valid in 155 countries. When the Officers then asked Mr. C for social security number, he stated he did not have one. When they ran his name in their data base, they found that he did, in fact, have a social security number. When questioned about this, he stated that he did not want to provide it to the Officer’s. He was then cited with Providing False Information to a Police Officer under Arizona Revised Statute ARS 13-2907.01. We were able to explain the entire situation to the Prosecutor, and he agreed to reduce the charge down to No Driver’s License in Possession. This was a non-criminal ticket which carried a minimal fine.
