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146A(A) | Impersonate Officer |
146A(A)(1) | Any person who falsely represents himself or herself to be a deputy or clerk in any state department and who arrests, detains, or threatens to arrest or detain any person. |
146A(A)(2) | Any person who falsely represents himself or herself to be a deputy or clerk in any state department and who, in that assumed character, intimidates any person. |