6-04/080.00 False representation of identity to peace officer; misdemeanor



Any person who falsely represents or identifies himself or herself as another person or as a fictitious person to any peace officer upon a lawful detention or arrest, either to evade the process of the court, or to evade the proper identification of the person by the investigating officer while the peace officer is engaged in the performance of his or her duties as a peace officer and the person providing the false information knows or should have known that the person receiving the information is a peace officer is guilty of a misdemeanor.  (PC 148.9)