District of Columbia § 22-1403 False personation before court, officers, notaries.

District of Columbia Statutes

§ 22-1403 — False personation before court, officers, notaries.

District of Columbia § 22-1403

Title 22Criminal Offenses and Penalties.

Ch. 14False Pretenses; False Personation.

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D.C. Code § 22-1403 (2026).

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(a)Whoever falsely personates another person before any court of record or judge thereof, or clerk of court, or any officer in the District authorized to administer oaths or take the acknowledgment of deeds or other instruments or to grant marriage licenses or accepts domestic partnership registrations, with intent to defraud, shall be imprisoned for not less than 1 year nor more than 5 years. (a-1) In addition to any other penalty provided under this section, a person may be fined an amount not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 .

(b)For the purposes of this section, the term “domestic partnership” shall have the same meaning as provided in § 32-701(4) .

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(a) Whoever falsely personates another person before any court of record or judge thereof, or clerk of court, or any officer in the District authorized to administer oaths or take the acknowledgment of deeds or other instruments or to grant marriage licenses or accepts domestic partnership registrations, with intent to defraud, shall be imprisoned for not less than 1 year nor more than 5 years.

(a-1) In addition to any other penalty provided under this section, a person may be fined an amount not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 .

(b) For the purposes of this section, the term “domestic partnership” shall have the same meaning as provided in § 32-701(4) .

Legislative History

Mar. 3, 1901, 31 Stat. 1330, ch. 854, § 859; Feb. 17, 1909, 35 Stat. 623, ch. 134; Sept. 12, 2008, D.C. Law 17-231, § 23(b), 55 DCR 6758; June 11, 2013, D.C. Law 19-317, § 303(n), 60 DCR 2064