Title 17-A: MAINE CRIMINAL CODE

Part 2: SUBSTANTIVE OFFENSES

Chapter 19: FALSIFICATION IN OFFICIAL MATTERS

§457. Impersonating a public servant

1.  A person is guilty of impersonating a public servant if he falsely pretends to be a public servant and engages in any conduct in that capacity with the intent to deceive anyone.  

[PL 1975, c. 499, §1 (NEW).]

2.  It is no defense to a prosecution under this section that the office the person pretended to hold did not in fact exist.  

[PL 1975, c. 499, §1 (NEW).]

3.  Impersonating a public servant is a Class E crime.  

[PL 1975, c. 499, §1 (NEW).]

SECTION HISTORY

PL 1975, c. 499, §1 (NEW).