Section 146a - False representation as deputy or clerk(a) Any person who falsely represents himself or herself to be a deputy or clerk in any state department and who, in that assumed character, does any of the following is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding six months, by a fine not exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500), or both the fine and imprisonment: (1) Arrests, detains, or threatens to arrest or detain any person.(2) Otherwise intimidates any person.(3) Searches any person, building, or other property of any person.(4) Obtains money, property, or other thing of value.(b) Any person who falsely represents himself or herself to be a public officer, investigator, or inspector in any state department and who, in that assumed character, does any of the following shall be punished by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year, by a fine not exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500), or by both that fine and imprisonment, or by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170: (1) Arrests, detains, or threatens to arrest or detain any person.(2) Otherwise intimidates any person.(3) Searches any person, building, or other property of any person.(4) Obtains money, property, or other thing of value.Amended by Stats 2011 ch 39 (AB 117),s 68, eff. 6/30/2011.Amended by Stats 2011 ch 15 (AB 109),s 256, eff. 4/4/2011, but operative no earlier than October 1, 2011, and only upon creation of a community corrections grant program to assist in implementing this act and upon an appropriation to fund the grant program.