Impersonación de funcionarios y autoridad falsa en Carolina del Sur

Explicación Simple

Hacerse pasar por un oficial del gobierno o de la policía es ilegal. Si alguien te arresta o te molesta sin tener derecho, pueden ser castigados.

Es como si alguien se vistiera de médico y tratara de operar a alguien sin serlo. Puede causar mucho daño y es muy peligroso.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan se viste con un uniforme de policía y detiene a María, diciéndole que comete una infracción. Sin ser realmente un oficial, Juan puede enfrentar multas o cárcel por su acto ilegal.

Penalidades

Multa de hasta 2,500 dólares o hasta un año de prisión, o ambas.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

SECTION 16-17-735. Persons impersonating officials or law enforcement officers; persons falsely asserting authority of law; offenses; punishment. (A) It is unlawful for a person to impersonate a state or local official or employee or a law enforcement officer in connection with a sham legal process. A person acting or purporting to act in an official capacity or taking advantage of such actual or purported capacity commits a misdemeanor if, knowing that his conduct is illegal, he: (1) subjects another to arrest, detention, search, seizure, mistreatment, dispossession, assessment, lien, or other infringement of personal or property rights; or (2) denies or impedes another in the exercise or enjoyment of any right, privilege, power, or immunity. A person violating the provisions of this subsection is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than two thousand five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. (B) It is unlawful for a person falsely to assert authority of state law in connection with a sham legal process. A person violating the provisions of this subsection is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than two thousand five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. (C) It is unlawful for a person to act without authority under state law as a Supreme Court Justice, a court of appeals judge, a circuit court judge, a master-in-equity, a family court judge, a probate court judge, a magistrate, a clerk of court or register of deeds, a commissioned notary public, or other authorized official in determining a controversy, adjudicating the rights or interests of others, or signing a document as though authorized by state law. A person violating the provisions of this subsec