CODE OF VIRGINIA

IMPERSONATING LAW-ENFORCEMENT OFFICER; PENALTY (§ 18.2-174)

Any person who falsely assumes or exercises the functions, powers, duties, and
privileges incident to the office of sheriff, police officer, marshal, or other
peace officer, or any local, city, county, state, or federal law-enforcement
officer, or who falsely assumes or pretends to be any such officer, is guilty of
a Class 1 misdemeanor. A second or subsequent offense is punishable as a Class 6
felony.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 18.1-311; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 2013, cc. 410,
431, 638.