You have a license but it’s not in your possession. In other words, you were licensed to drive but lacked proof, an infraction that may be dismissed once you can prove that you possessed a valid license at the time of the incident. (Note: you may have to pay a fine.)
You can always drive without having it on hand. Just keep it valid or you might have issues when you finally get pulled over. PS: Good idea to have it always available but the laws does not require it to be so. We are human after all.
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