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R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-14-1 (2026)

Impersonation of public officer

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Every person who shall falsely assume or pretend to be a judge, justice of the peace, warden, deputy sheriff, alderman, member of any city or town council, city or town clerk, city sergeant, constable, correctional officer, any other officer of any city or town in this state as well as any out-of-state police, or the attorney general, deputy attorney general, assistant or special assistant attorney general, and shall act as such, shall be imprisoned not exceeding one year or be fined not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000).

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1973–2003 · leading case: State v. Dussault, 403 A.2d 244 (R.I. 1979).
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State v. Dussault, 403 A.2d 244 (R.I. 1979). · cites it 12× “1956 (1969 Reenactment) §11-14-1. A jury trial in the Superior Court resulted in guilty verdicts on both counts.”
State v. Carter, 827 A.2d 636 (R.I. 2003). · cites it 3× “Raymond Dussault was accused of accosting women by impersonating a Cumberland police officer and was charged with a violation of G.L.1956 § 11-14-1, which provided that anyone who falsely portrayed himself as an enumerated state or town officer or official was guilty of a…”
State v. Calise, 478 A.2d 198 (R.I. 1984). “1956 (1969 Reenactment) § 11-14-1 was framed. 2 Here the state argues that we should construe “economic activities involving real estate” as being limited to use of the multiple-listing service or other similar activities *201 involving the sale or leasing of real estate.”
State v. Storms, 311 A.2d 567 (R.I. 1973). · cites it 2× “5 The defendants contend that under §12-6-1 an individual can complain to a court that a person is a pretender to office in violation of §11-14-1. We do not agree with defendants' interpretation of these statutes.”
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