Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 16. CRIMES AND OFFENSES · Chapter 10. OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION · Article 2. OBSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND RELATED OFFENSES

16-10-23. Impersonating a public officer or employee.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

A person who falsely holds himself or herself out as a peace officer, officer of the court, or other public officer or employee with intent to mislead another into believing that he or she is actually such officer commits the offense of impersonating an officer and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000.00 or by imprisonment for not less than one nor more than five years, or both.

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1933, § 26-2405, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 1249, § 1; Ga. L. 1986, p. 1059, § 1; Ga. L. 2022, p. 753, § 1/SB 10.

Amendments

The 2022 amendment, effective July 1, 2022, inserted “or herself”, “, officer of the court,”, and “or she”.

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