Kansas Statutes 21-5917. False impersonation; aggravated false impersonation
(a) False impersonation is representing oneself to be a public officer, public employee or a person licensed to practice or engage in any profession or vocation for which a license is required by the laws of the state of Kansas, with knowledge that such representation is false.
(b) Aggravated false impersonation is falsely representing or impersonating another and in such falsely assumed character:
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 21-5917
- Bail: Security given for the release of a criminal defendant or witness from legal custody (usually in the form of money) to secure his/her appearance on the day and time appointed.
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Property: includes personal and real property. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
(1) Becoming bail or security, or acknowledging any recognizance, or executing any bond or other instrument as bail or security, for any party in any proceeding, civil or criminal, before any court or officer authorized to take such bail or security;
(2) confessing any judgment;
(3) acknowledging the execution of any conveyance of property, or any other instrument which by law may be recorded; or
(4) doing any other act in the course of a suit, proceeding or prosecution whereby the person who is represented or impersonated may be made liable to the payment of any debt, damages, costs or sum of money, or such person’s rights or interests may be in any manner affected.
(c) (1) False impersonation is a class B nonperson misdemeanor.
(2) Aggravated false impersonation is a severity level 9, nonperson felony.