False Impersonation in Oklahoma is a Crime in Okmulgee

Fraud is a serious crime in Okmulgee and the state of Oklahoma.

This is especially true if you’re caught impersonating another person, especially police officers.

If you or someone you know has been charged with false impersonation in Oklahoma, contact an Okmulgee fraud defense attorney today.

About Impersonating Officers

Okmulgee residents can be charged with falsely impersonating a police officer if they wear an officer’s uniform or any other insignia of office or represent themselves as a police officer.

It is also illegal to impersonate any public officer, civil or military, any firefighter, any law enforcement officer, any emergency medical technician or other emergency medical care provider, or any private individual having special authority by law to perform any act affecting the rights or interests of another.

A false impersonation in Oklahoma conviction can result in a misdemeanor and six months in county jail along with a $2,000 fine.

It is also illegal to attempt to create a “sham legal process,” and doing so can result in a felony conviction, two years in state prison, and a $5,000 fine.

Other Forms of False Impersonation in Oklahoma

It is also illegal to falsely impersonate another, and in doing so:

Marries or pretends to marry, or to sustain the marriage relation toward another, with or without the permission of such other person; or,
Becomes bail or surety for any party, in any proceeding whatever, before any court or officer authorized to take such bail or surety; or,
Subscribes, verifies, publishes, acknowledges. or proves, in the name of another person, any written instrument with intent that the same may be delivered or used as true; or,
Does any other act whereby, if it were done by the person falsely personated, he might in any event become liable to any suit or prosecution, or to pay any sum of money, or to incur any charge, forfeiture or penalty, or whereby any benefit might accrue to the party personating, or to any other person.

A guilty conviction is a felony crime punishable by up to ten years in state prison.

Falsely impersonating another to receive money or property, that knowing it is intended to be delivered to the individual being impersonated is also a crime punishable in the same manner and to the same extent as for larceny of the money or property.