Dealing with False Impersonation Charges in Wagoner? Learn More

false impersonation charges A false impersonation charge is similar to fraud. Although it may not be a violent crime, anyone convicted of it can face years behind bars.

An experienced Wagoner criminal defense attorney can help navigate the legal consequences you may be facing.

Defining False Impersonation Charges

False impersonation charges in Oklahoma are defined as any person who falsely impersonates another, and in such assumed character:

Marries or pretends to marry, or to sustain the marriage relation toward another, with or without the permission of such other person;
Becomes bail or surety for any party, in any proceeding whatever, before any court or officer authorized to take such bail or surety;
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.

Anyone found guilty will be convicted of a felony offense. This crime is punishable by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for up to 10 years. Okla. Stat. tit. 21 § 1532

It is also a crime to falsely impersonate another to receive money or property, that knowing it is intended to be delivered to the individual being impersonated.

Anyone who impersonates another in this manner may face a felony conviction punishable in the same manner and to the same extent as for larceny of the money or property. Okla. Stat. tit. 21 § 1533

Impersonating an officer or firefighter is also a serious crime and can generally lead to up to two years in the Department of Corrections and thousands of dollars in fines. Okla. Stat. tit. 21 § 1534)