SB1128: Law-enforcement officer; impersonating local, etc., law-enforcement officer is Class 1 misdemeanor.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 18.2-174 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 18.2-174. Impersonating officer.
Any person who shall falsely assume or exercise
falsely assumes or exercises the functions, powers, duties, and
privileges incident to the office of sheriff, police officer, marshal, or other
peace officer or those of a federal law-enforcement officer named in
clause (iii) of subsection K of § 18.2-308, or who shall falsely assume
or pretend falsely assumes or pretends to be any such officer,
shall be deemed is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
SENATE BILL NO. 1128
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 18.2-174 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 18.2-174. Impersonating officer.
Any person who shall
falsely assume or exercise falsely
assumes or exercises the functions, powers, duties, and privileges incident to
the office of sheriff, police officer, marshal, or other peace local, city,
county, state, or
federal law-enforcement officer, or who shall
falsely assume or pretend falsely
assumes or pretends to be any such officer, shall be deemed is
guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.