State Codes and Statutes
Statutes > West-virginia > 25 > 25-1-11e§25-1-11e. Unauthorized use of uniform, badge, identification card or other insignia; impersonation of member; and penalty.
(a) No person who is not an officer or employee of the division of corrections, and no officer or employee of the division who is not authorized to do so, may, with intent to deceive, wear, use, order to be used or worn, copy or imitate in any respect or manner the uniform, badge, identification card or other insignia prescribed for employees of the division.
(b) No person who is not an officer or employee of the division of corrections may falsely represent himself or herself to be an officer or employee of the division of corrections or to be under the order or direction of any officer or employee of the division.
(c) Any person who violates the provisions of subsection (a) or (b) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars, or confined in the county or regional jail for not more than six months, or both fined and confined.
