IC 35-44-2
    Chapter 2. Perjury, False Reporting, Impersonation, and GhostEmployment

IC 35-44-2-1
Perjury
    Sec. 1. (a) A person who:
        (1) makes a false, material statement under oath or affirmation,knowing the statement to be false or not believing it to be true;or
        (2) has knowingly made two (2) or more material statements, ina proceeding before a court or grand jury, which areinconsistent to the degree that one (1) of them is necessarilyfalse;
commits perjury, a Class D felony.
    (b) In a prosecution under subsection (a)(2) of this section:
        (1) the indictment or information need not specify whichstatement is actually false; and
        (2) the falsity of a statement may be established sufficient forconviction, by proof that the defendant made irreconcilablycontradictory statements which are material to the point inquestion.
As added by Acts 1976, P.L.148, SEC.4. Amended by Acts 1977,P.L.340, SEC.55; Acts 1981, P.L.281, SEC.4.

IC 35-44-2-2
False reporting or informing
    Sec. 2. (a) As used in this section, "consumer product" has themeaning set forth in IC 35-45-8-1.
    (b) As used in this section, "misconduct" means a violation of adepartmental rule or procedure of a law enforcement agency.
    (c) A person who reports, by telephone, telegraph, mail, or otherwritten or oral communication, that:
        (1) the person or another person has placed or intends to placean explosive, a destructive device, or other destructivesubstance in a building or transportation facility;
        (2) there has been or there will be tampering with a consumerproduct introduced into commerce; or
        (3) there has been or will be placed or introduced a weapon ofmass destruction in a building or a place of assembly;
knowing the report to be false commits false reporting, a Class Dfelony.
    (d) A person who:
        (1) gives a false report of the commission of a crime or givesfalse information in the official investigation of the commissionof a crime, knowing the report or information to be false;
        (2) gives a false alarm of fire to the fire department of agovernmental entity, knowing the alarm to be false;
        (3) makes a false request for ambulance service to anambulance service provider, knowing the request to be false;        (4) gives a false report concerning a missing child (as definedin IC 10-13-5-4) or missing endangered adult (as defined inIC 12-7-2-131.3) or gives false information in the officialinvestigation of a missing child or missing endangered adultknowing the report or information to be false;
        (5) makes a complaint against a law enforcement officer to thestate or municipality (as defined in IC 8-1-13-3) that employsthe officer:
            (A) alleging the officer engaged in misconduct whileperforming the officer's duties; and
            (B) knowing the complaint to be false; or
        (6) makes a false report of a missing person, knowing the reportor information is false;
commits false informing, a Class B misdemeanor. However, theoffense is a Class A misdemeanor if it substantially hinders any lawenforcement process or if it results in harm to an innocent person.
As added by Acts 1976, P.L.148, SEC.4. Amended by Acts 1977,P.L.340, SEC.56; Acts 1977, P.L.341, SEC.1; P.L.326-1987, SEC.3;P.L.49-1989, SEC.23; P.L.156-2001, SEC.12; P.L.123-2002,SEC.39; P.L.2-2003, SEC.96; P.L.232-2003, SEC.1; P.L.140-2005,SEC.7; P.L.92-2007, SEC.5.

IC 35-44-2-3
Impersonation of a public servant
    Sec. 3. A person who falsely represents that the person is a publicservant, with intent to mislead and induce another person to submitto false official authority or otherwise to act to the other person'sdetriment in reliance on the false representation, commitsimpersonation of a public servant, a Class A misdemeanor. However,a person who falsely represents that the person is:
        (1) a law enforcement officer; or
        (2) an agent or employee of the department of state revenue,and collects any property from another person;
commits a Class D felony.
As added by Acts 1976, P.L.148, SEC.4. Amended by Acts 1977,P.L.340, SEC.57; P.L.6-1987, SEC.21; P.L.214-1997, SEC.1.

IC 35-44-2-4
Ghost employment
    Sec. 4. (a) A public servant who knowingly or intentionally:
        (1) hires an employee for the governmental entity that heserves; and
        (2) fails to assign to the employee any duties, or assigns to theemployee any duties not related to the operation of thegovernmental entity;
commits ghost employment, a Class D felony.
    (b) A public servant who knowingly or intentionally assigns to anemployee under his supervision any duties not related to theoperation of the governmental entity that he serves commits ghostemployment, a Class D felony.    (c) A person employed by a governmental entity who, knowingthat he has not been assigned any duties to perform for the entity,accepts property from the entity commits ghost employment, a ClassD felony.
    (d) A person employed by a governmental entity who knowinglyor intentionally accepts property from the entity for the performanceof duties not related to the operation of the entity commits ghostemployment, a Class D felony.
    (e) Any person who accepts property from a governmental entityin violation of this section and any public servant who permits thepayment of property in violation of this section are jointly andseverally liable to the governmental entity for that property. Theattorney general may bring a civil action to recover that property inthe county where the governmental entity is located or the person orpublic servant resides.
    (f) For the purposes of this section, an employee of agovernmental entity who voluntarily performs services:
        (1) that do not:
            (A) promote religion;
            (B) attempt to influence legislation or governmental policy;or
            (C) attempt to influence elections to public office;
        (2) for the benefit of:
            (A) another governmental entity; or
            (B) an organization that is exempt from federal incometaxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal RevenueCode;
        (3) with the approval of the employee's supervisor; and
        (4) in compliance with a policy or regulation that:
            (A) is in writing;
            (B) is issued by the executive officer of the governmentalentity; and
            (C) contains a limitation on the total time during anycalendar year that the employee may spend performing theservices during normal hours of employment;
is considered to be performing duties related to the operation of thegovernmental entity.
As added by Acts 1977, P.L.340, SEC.58. Amended by P.L.68-1998,SEC.1.

IC 35-44-2-5
Manufacture and sale of official badge of law enforcement agencyor fire department
    Sec. 5. (a) A person who knowingly or intentionally manufacturesand sells or manufactures and offers for sale:
        (1) an official badge or a replica of an official badge that iscurrently used by a law enforcement agency or fire departmentof the state or of a political subdivision of the state; or
        (2) a document that purports to be an official employmentidentification that is used by a law enforcement agency or fire

department of the state or of a political subdivision of the state;
without the written permission of the chief executive officer of thelaw enforcement agency commits unlawful manufacture or sale of apolice or fire insignia, a Class A misdemeanor.
    (b) However, the offense described in subsection (a) is:
        (1) a Class D felony if the person commits the offense with theknowledge or intent that the badge or employment identificationwill be used to further the commission of an offense underIC 35-44-2-3; and
        (2) a Class B felony if the person commits the offense with theknowledge or intent that the badge or employment identificationwill be used to further the commission of an offense underIC 35-47-12.
    (c) It is a defense to a prosecution under subsection (a)(1) if thearea of the badge or replica that is manufactured and sold ormanufactured and offered for sale as measured by multiplying thegreatest length of the badge by the greatest width of the badge is:
        (1) less than fifty percent (50%); or
        (2) more than one hundred fifty percent (150%);
of the area of an official badge that is used by a law enforcementagency or fire department of the state or a political subdivision of thestate as measured by multiplying the greatest length of the officialbadge by the greatest width of the official badge.
As added by P.L.110-2009, SEC.16.