Cal. Penal Code § 538i
Cal. Penal Code § 538i
California · California Penal Code · Status: effective · Effective 2026-01-01
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- Cal. Penal Code § 538i, California, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-25, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/887352
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(a) Any person, other than a first responder, who willfully wears, exhibits, or uses the uniform, insignia, emblem, device, label, certificate, card, or writing of a first responder with the intent of fraudulently impersonating a first responder in an area subject to an evacuation order or who willfully and credibly impersonates a first responder on an internet website, or by other electronic means, during an evacuation order or within 30 days of its termination, for purposes of defrauding another, shall be punished by either imprisonment in a county jail not to exceed one year, by a fine not to exceed two thousand dollars ($2,000), or by both that imprisonment and fine, or by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 and by a fine not to exceed twenty thousand dollars ($20,000).
(b) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:
(1) “Evacuation order” has the same meaning as in Section 463.
(2) “First responder” means a first responder as defined under Section 8562 of the Government Code, or any employee of the Federal Emergency Management Agency under Section 313 of Subchapter V of Chapter 1 of Title 6 of the United States Code.