Current through 2024 Regular Session legislation effective June 6, 2024
Section 165.815 - Criminal impersonation(1) A person commits the crime of criminal impersonation if: (a) The person, with the intent to injure an individual, intentionally impersonates the individual in a communication to a third person without the individual's consent;(b) The person acts with the intent to deceive the third person into believing that the third person is communicating with the individual;(c) A reasonable person in the circumstances of the third person would believe that the third person is communicating with the individual; and(d) The impersonation causes injury to the individual.(2) Criminal impersonation is a Class A misdemeanor.(3) As used in this section: (a) "Impersonate" means to use an actual individual's name or likeness to create a representation of the individual that another person would reasonably believe was or is the actual individual being impersonated.(b) "Injure" means to intimidate, threaten, harass or physically harm.