Alabama § 13A-10-10 - Impersonating Public Servant.
Full text of Alabama Code of Alabama § 13A-10-10 — Impersonating Public Servant., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 13A-10-10. Impersonating Public Servant.
(a) A person commits the crime of impersonating a public servant if he falsely pretends to be a public servant and does any act in that capacity.
(b) It is no defense to a prosecution under this section that the office the actor pretended to hold did not in fact exist.
(c) Impersonating a public servant is a Class C misdemeanor.
Source: official Alabama text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 13A-10-10 ("Impersonating Public Servant.") is part of the Code of Alabama, the codified statutory law of Alabama. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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