IC 35-44-2
Chapter 2. Perjury, False Reporting, Impersonation, and Ghost
Employment
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, in
a proceeding before a court or grand jury, which are
inconsistent to the degree that one (1) of them is necessarily
false;
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 which
statement is actually false; and
(2) the falsity of a statement may be established sufficient for
conviction, by proof that the defendant made irreconcilably
contradictory statements which are material to the point in
question. 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 the
meaning set forth in IC 35-45-8-1.
(b) As used in this section, "misconduct" means a violation of a
departmental rule or procedure of a law enforcement agency.
(c) A person who reports, by telephone, telegraph, mail, or other
written or oral communication, that:
(1) the person or another person has placed or intends to place
an explosive, a destructive device, or other destructive
substance in a building or transportation facility;
(2) there has been or there will be tampering with a consumer
product introduced into commerce; or
(3) there has been or will be placed or introduced a weapon of
mass destruction in a building or a place of assembly;
knowing the report to be false commits false reporting, a Class D
felony.
(d) A person who:
(1) gives a false report of the commission of a crime or gives
false information in the official investigation of the commission
of a crime, knowing the report or information to be false;
(2) gives a false alarm of fire to the fire department of a
governmental entity, knowing the alarm to be false;
(3) makes a false request for ambulance service to an
ambulance service provider, knowing the request to be false;
(4) gives a false report concerning a missing child (as defined
in IC 10-13-5-4) or missing endangered adult (as defined in
IC 12-7-2-131.3) or gives false information in the official
investigation of a missing child or missing endangered adult
knowing the report or information to be false;
(5) makes a complaint against a law enforcement officer to the
state or municipality (as defined in IC 8-1-13-3) that employs
the officer:
(A) alleging the officer engaged in misconduct while
performing the officer's duties; and
(B) knowing the complaint to be false; or
(6) makes a false report of a missing person, knowing the report
or information is false;
commits false informing, a Class B misdemeanor. However, the
offense is a Class A misdemeanor if it substantially hinders any law
enforcement 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 public
servant, with intent to mislead and induce another person to submit
to false official authority or otherwise to act to the other person's
detriment in reliance on the false representation, commits
impersonation 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 he
serves; and
(2) fails to assign to the employee any duties, or assigns to the
employee any duties not related to the operation of the
governmental entity;
commits ghost employment, a Class D felony.
(b) A public servant who knowingly or intentionally assigns to an
employee under his supervision any duties not related to the
operation of the governmental entity that he serves commits ghost
employment, a Class D felony.
(c) A person employed by a governmental entity who, knowing
that he has not been assigned any duties to perform for the entity,
accepts property from the entity commits ghost employment, a Class
D felony.
(d) A person employed by a governmental entity who knowingly
or intentionally accepts property from the entity for the performance
of duties not related to the operation of the entity commits ghost
employment, a Class D felony.
(e) Any person who accepts property from a governmental entity
in violation of this section and any public servant who permits the
payment of property in violation of this section are jointly and
severally liable to the governmental entity for that property. The
attorney general may bring a civil action to recover that property in
the county where the governmental entity is located or the person or
public servant resides.
(f) For the purposes of this section, an employee of a
governmental 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 income
taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue
Code;
(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 governmental
entity; and
(C) contains a limitation on the total time during any
calendar year that the employee may spend performing the
services during normal hours of employment;
is considered to be performing duties related to the operation of the
governmental 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 agency
or fire department
Sec. 5. (a) A person who knowingly or intentionally manufactures
and sells or manufactures and offers for sale:
(1) an official badge or a replica of an official badge that is
currently used by a law enforcement agency or fire department
of the state or of a political subdivision of the state; or
(2) a document that purports to be an official employment
identification 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 the
law enforcement agency commits unlawful manufacture or sale of a
police 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 the
knowledge or intent that the badge or employment identification
will be used to further the commission of an offense under
IC 35-44-2-3; and
(2) a Class B felony if the person commits the offense with the
knowledge or intent that the badge or employment identification
will be used to further the commission of an offense under
IC 35-47-12.
(c) It is a defense to a prosecution under subsection (a)(1) if the
area of the badge or replica that is manufactured and sold or
manufactured and offered for sale as measured by multiplying the
greatest 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 enforcement
agency or fire department of the state or a political subdivision of the
state as measured by multiplying the greatest length of the official
badge by the greatest width of the official badge. As added by P.L.110-2009, SEC.16.
IC 35-44-2
Chapter 2. Perjury, False Reporting, Impersonation, and Ghost
Employment
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, in
a proceeding before a court or grand jury, which are
inconsistent to the degree that one (1) of them is necessarily
false;
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 which
statement is actually false; and
(2) the falsity of a statement may be established sufficient for
conviction, by proof that the defendant made irreconcilably
contradictory statements which are material to the point in
question. 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 the
meaning set forth in IC 35-45-8-1.
(b) As used in this section, "misconduct" means a violation of a
departmental rule or procedure of a law enforcement agency.
(c) A person who reports, by telephone, telegraph, mail, or other
written or oral communication, that:
(1) the person or another person has placed or intends to place
an explosive, a destructive device, or other destructive
substance in a building or transportation facility;
(2) there has been or there will be tampering with a consumer
product introduced into commerce; or
(3) there has been or will be placed or introduced a weapon of
mass destruction in a building or a place of assembly;
knowing the report to be false commits false reporting, a Class D
felony.
(d) A person who:
(1) gives a false report of the commission of a crime or gives
false information in the official investigation of the commission
of a crime, knowing the report or information to be false;
(2) gives a false alarm of fire to the fire department of a
governmental entity, knowing the alarm to be false;
(3) makes a false request for ambulance service to an
ambulance service provider, knowing the request to be false;
(4) gives a false report concerning a missing child (as defined
in IC 10-13-5-4) or missing endangered adult (as defined in
IC 12-7-2-131.3) or gives false information in the official
investigation of a missing child or missing endangered adult
knowing the report or information to be false;
(5) makes a complaint against a law enforcement officer to the
state or municipality (as defined in IC 8-1-13-3) that employs
the officer:
(A) alleging the officer engaged in misconduct while
performing the officer's duties; and
(B) knowing the complaint to be false; or
(6) makes a false report of a missing person, knowing the report
or information is false;
commits false informing, a Class B misdemeanor. However, the
offense is a Class A misdemeanor if it substantially hinders any law
enforcement 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 public
servant, with intent to mislead and induce another person to submit
to false official authority or otherwise to act to the other person's
detriment in reliance on the false representation, commits
impersonation 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 he
serves; and
(2) fails to assign to the employee any duties, or assigns to the
employee any duties not related to the operation of the
governmental entity;
commits ghost employment, a Class D felony.
(b) A public servant who knowingly or intentionally assigns to an
employee under his supervision any duties not related to the
operation of the governmental entity that he serves commits ghost
employment, a Class D felony.
(c) A person employed by a governmental entity who, knowing
that he has not been assigned any duties to perform for the entity,
accepts property from the entity commits ghost employment, a Class
D felony.
(d) A person employed by a governmental entity who knowingly
or intentionally accepts property from the entity for the performance
of duties not related to the operation of the entity commits ghost
employment, a Class D felony.
(e) Any person who accepts property from a governmental entity
in violation of this section and any public servant who permits the
payment of property in violation of this section are jointly and
severally liable to the governmental entity for that property. The
attorney general may bring a civil action to recover that property in
the county where the governmental entity is located or the person or
public servant resides.
(f) For the purposes of this section, an employee of a
governmental 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 income
taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue
Code;
(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 governmental
entity; and
(C) contains a limitation on the total time during any
calendar year that the employee may spend performing the
services during normal hours of employment;
is considered to be performing duties related to the operation of the
governmental 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 agency
or fire department
Sec. 5. (a) A person who knowingly or intentionally manufactures
and sells or manufactures and offers for sale:
(1) an official badge or a replica of an official badge that is
currently used by a law enforcement agency or fire department
of the state or of a political subdivision of the state; or
(2) a document that purports to be an official employment
identification 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 the
law enforcement agency commits unlawful manufacture or sale of a
police 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 the
knowledge or intent that the badge or employment identification
will be used to further the commission of an offense under
IC 35-44-2-3; and
(2) a Class B felony if the person commits the offense with the
knowledge or intent that the badge or employment identification
will be used to further the commission of an offense under
IC 35-47-12.
(c) It is a defense to a prosecution under subsection (a)(1) if the
area of the badge or replica that is manufactured and sold or
manufactured and offered for sale as measured by multiplying the
greatest 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 enforcement
agency or fire department of the state or a political subdivision of the
state as measured by multiplying the greatest length of the official
badge by the greatest width of the official badge. As added by P.L.110-2009, SEC.16.
IC 35-44-2
Chapter 2. Perjury, False Reporting, Impersonation, and Ghost
Employment
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, in
a proceeding before a court or grand jury, which are
inconsistent to the degree that one (1) of them is necessarily
false;
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 which
statement is actually false; and
(2) the falsity of a statement may be established sufficient for
conviction, by proof that the defendant made irreconcilably
contradictory statements which are material to the point in
question. 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 the
meaning set forth in IC 35-45-8-1.
(b) As used in this section, "misconduct" means a violation of a
departmental rule or procedure of a law enforcement agency.
(c) A person who reports, by telephone, telegraph, mail, or other
written or oral communication, that:
(1) the person or another person has placed or intends to place
an explosive, a destructive device, or other destructive
substance in a building or transportation facility;
(2) there has been or there will be tampering with a consumer
product introduced into commerce; or
(3) there has been or will be placed or introduced a weapon of
mass destruction in a building or a place of assembly;
knowing the report to be false commits false reporting, a Class D
felony.
(d) A person who:
(1) gives a false report of the commission of a crime or gives
false information in the official investigation of the commission
of a crime, knowing the report or information to be false;
(2) gives a false alarm of fire to the fire department of a
governmental entity, knowing the alarm to be false;
(3) makes a false request for ambulance service to an
ambulance service provider, knowing the request to be false;
(4) gives a false report concerning a missing child (as defined
in IC 10-13-5-4) or missing endangered adult (as defined in
IC 12-7-2-131.3) or gives false information in the official
investigation of a missing child or missing endangered adult
knowing the report or information to be false;
(5) makes a complaint against a law enforcement officer to the
state or municipality (as defined in IC 8-1-13-3) that employs
the officer:
(A) alleging the officer engaged in misconduct while
performing the officer's duties; and
(B) knowing the complaint to be false; or
(6) makes a false report of a missing person, knowing the report
or information is false;
commits false informing, a Class B misdemeanor. However, the
offense is a Class A misdemeanor if it substantially hinders any law
enforcement 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 public
servant, with intent to mislead and induce another person to submit
to false official authority or otherwise to act to the other person's
detriment in reliance on the false representation, commits
impersonation 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 he
serves; and
(2) fails to assign to the employee any duties, or assigns to the
employee any duties not related to the operation of the
governmental entity;
commits ghost employment, a Class D felony.
(b) A public servant who knowingly or intentionally assigns to an
employee under his supervision any duties not related to the
operation of the governmental entity that he serves commits ghost
employment, a Class D felony.
(c) A person employed by a governmental entity who, knowing
that he has not been assigned any duties to perform for the entity,
accepts property from the entity commits ghost employment, a Class
D felony.
(d) A person employed by a governmental entity who knowingly
or intentionally accepts property from the entity for the performance
of duties not related to the operation of the entity commits ghost
employment, a Class D felony.
(e) Any person who accepts property from a governmental entity
in violation of this section and any public servant who permits the
payment of property in violation of this section are jointly and
severally liable to the governmental entity for that property. The
attorney general may bring a civil action to recover that property in
the county where the governmental entity is located or the person or
public servant resides.
(f) For the purposes of this section, an employee of a
governmental 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 income
taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue
Code;
(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 governmental
entity; and
(C) contains a limitation on the total time during any
calendar year that the employee may spend performing the
services during normal hours of employment;
is considered to be performing duties related to the operation of the
governmental 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 agency
or fire department
Sec. 5. (a) A person who knowingly or intentionally manufactures
and sells or manufactures and offers for sale:
(1) an official badge or a replica of an official badge that is
currently used by a law enforcement agency or fire department
of the state or of a political subdivision of the state; or
(2) a document that purports to be an official employment
identification 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 the
law enforcement agency commits unlawful manufacture or sale of a
police 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 the
knowledge or intent that the badge or employment identification
will be used to further the commission of an offense under
IC 35-44-2-3; and
(2) a Class B felony if the person commits the offense with the
knowledge or intent that the badge or employment identification
will be used to further the commission of an offense under
IC 35-47-12.
(c) It is a defense to a prosecution under subsection (a)(1) if the
area of the badge or replica that is manufactured and sold or
manufactured and offered for sale as measured by multiplying the
greatest 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 enforcement
agency or fire department of the state or a political subdivision of the
state as measured by multiplying the greatest length of the official
badge by the greatest width of the official badge. As added by P.L.110-2009, SEC.16.
