Connecticut § 53-377 Fraudulent uses of badges or insignia.

Connecticut Statutes

§ 53-377 — Fraudulent uses of badges or insignia.

Connecticut § 53-377

Title 53Crimes

Ch. 948Frauds and False Pretenses

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Bluebook

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53-377 (2026).

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Any person who copies, imitates or simulates the insignia, flag, ribbon, badge, rosette, seal, button or emblem of any society, association, labor union or incorporated club, registered under the provisions of section 35-18c, or of any society, association, labor union or incorporated club which has been in existence continuously since May 23, 1898, or any person who wears the button, badge or insignia of the Grand Army of the Republic, the American Legion or Italian American War Veterans of the United States, Incorporated, or the insignia, rosette, badge or other indicia of membership of any fraternal or beneficial order or society or of any historical, naval or military organization or uses the same to obtain aid or assistance, or uses the name of any such society, organization or order 

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Any person who copies, imitates or simulates the insignia, flag, ribbon, badge, rosette, seal, button or emblem of any society, association, labor union or incorporated club, registered under the provisions of section 35-18c, or of any society, association, labor union or incorporated club which has been in existence continuously since May 23, 1898, or any person who wears the button, badge or insignia of the Grand Army of the Republic, the American Legion or Italian American War Veterans of the United States, Incorporated, or the insignia, rosette, badge or other indicia of membership of any fraternal or beneficial order or society or of any historical, naval or military organization or uses the same to obtain aid or assistance, or uses the name of any such society, organization or order or the title of any of its officers or its rituals or ceremonies unless such person is entitled to do so under the constitution, bylaws or rules and regulations of such order or society, or falsely claims to be a member thereof, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars. See Sec. 53-341a re sale of badge or shield of governmental official or employee.

Legislative History

(1949 Rev., S. 8718; 1961, P.A. 240; P.A. 74-338, S. 43, 94.) History: 1961 act added Italian American War Veterans of the United States, Incorporated; P.A. 74-338 substituted reference to Sec. 35-18c for reference to Sec. 35-14.