CODE OF VIRGINIA GIVING FALSE IDENTITY TO LAW-ENFORCEMENT OFFICER; PENALTY (ยง 19.2-82.1) Any person who falsely identifies himself to a law-enforcement officer with the intent to deceive the law-enforcement officer as to his real identity after having been lawfully detained and after being requested to identify himself by a law-enforcement officer, is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. HISTORY: 2006, c. 387.