(A) Display defined. For the purposes of this section, DISPLAY means the manual surrender of his or her license certificate into the hands of the demanding officer for inspection thereof. After such examination, the officer shall return the license certificate to the licensee.
(B) Immediate possession. Every person shall have his or her driver’s license in his or her immediate possession at all times when operating a motor vehicle and shall display the license upon demand of any judicial officer, Municipal Court Judge, or any officer or agent of the state motor vehicle division, or any police officer of the state, county, or municipality.
(C) Avoiding conviction. No person charged with violating this section shall be convicted if he or she produces in court a driver’s license previously issued to him or her and valid at the time of the issuance of the citation.
(Prior Code, § 7-2-5) (Ord. 354, passed 4-3-2008) Penalty, see § 7-2-6