state id situation

[cowboyd]

What is the name of your state? illinois

scenario: lady walks into secretary of state's office. she presents her own id. the attendant at the secretary of state's office notices another's id in the lady's wallet, and asks her what it is. lady readily provided that had picked up an id for a friend at her college dormitory. the friend (from nj) had accidentally left it at the end of the school year, and the lady is a good friend. the nj resident knew that the lady was in possession of the id, and it was to be returned at the beginning of the new school year. the secretary of state attendant demanded that the id be turned in. a copy was made of the lady's id and the lady wrote the scenario on a piece of paper attached to the nj id and the copy of her id. the attendant said that everything would be mailed "to the state capital." the lady was 20 years and 6 months and the nj resident was 21 years and 9 months. the nj id was real and had not at all been used for any illegal purposes.

note: the lady is a very light skinned african american female and the nj resident is a very dark skinned african american female. they obviously differ in height and weight. the secretary of state attendant (happened to be white) said that "if it was dark outside, i would think you two looked alike."

can/will anything legally happen to this lady?
did the secretary of state attendant act within the law for her position?

 

[mafioso]

That is surprising……………..If it is your friend or someone who knows you are in possession of her ID, you had the right to deny turning it in. You had already made arrangements to return it to the NJ lady. I am surprised you gave in to this without a fight. I don't see what law you break under the scenario you narrated. Some attendants at state capitals are law enforcement personnel. But I am surprised why someone would act that way if they did not think you were being honest. You had the right to say no! Even if she is a state trooper or cop. You could complain to your local authorities but I wonder anything would be done since you cooperated willingly. If she coerced you to handing it over, then you have a case of an attendant acting over zealously without probable cause. In that case might be a violation of your civil rights (over reaction without probable cause)……… who knows, maybe racially motivated as you imply. Hmmmm Hard to tell........... You might have unknowingly acted suspecious.

 

[CdwJava]

Most law enforcement officers are NOT going to allow someone to retain identification that is not their own. We routinely seize such IDs from people, and the most oft-claimed retorts are, "It belongs to my friend," or, "I found it." In my experience, the people whose IDs were in another's possession did not know the person had it, or, they did not know the person wh possessed it at all.

You do not have a right to someone else's ID, and in some states simply possessing the ID might be a crime.

- Carl