Rhode Island § 11-14-1 § 11-14-1. Impersonation of public officer.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 11-14-1 — § 11-14-1. Impersonation of public officer.

Rhode Island § 11-14-1

Title 11Criminal Offenses

Ch. 11-14False Personation

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-14-1 (2026).

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§ 11-14-1. Impersonation of public officer.
Every person who shall falsely assume or pretend to be a judge, justice of the peace,
            warden, deputy sheriff, alderman, member of any city or town council, city or town
            clerk, city sergeant, constable, correctional officer, any other officer of any city
            or town in this state as well as any out-of-state police, or the attorney general,
            deputy attorney general, assistant or special assistant attorney general, and shall
            act as such, shall be imprisoned not exceeding one year or be fined not exceeding
            one thousand dollars ($1,000).
         

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§ 11-14-1. Impersonation of public officer.

Every person who shall falsely assume or pretend to be a judge, justice of the peace, warden, deputy sheriff, alderman, member of any city or town council, city or town clerk, city sergeant, constable, correctional officer, any other officer of any city or town in this state as well as any out-of-state police, or the attorney general, deputy attorney general, assistant or special assistant attorney general, and shall act as such, shall be imprisoned not exceeding one year or be fined not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000).

Legislative History

G.L. 1896, ch. 276, § 17; G.L. 1909, ch. 342, § 17; G.L. 1923, ch. 394, § 17; G.L. 1938, ch. 605, §17; G.L. 1956, § 11-14-1; P.L. 1996, ch. 318, § 1; P.L. 2000, ch. 245, § 1; P.L. 2006, ch. 586, § 1; P.L. 2012, ch. 324, § 32; P.L. 2013, ch. 327, § 1; P.L. 2013, ch. 392, § 1.