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Legal Information: New York
Sec. 190.23 False Personation
A person is guilty of false personation when after being informed of the consequences of such act, he or she knowingly misrepresents his or her actual name, date of birth or address to a police officer or peace officer with intent to prevent such police officer or peace officer from ascertaining such information.
False personation is a class B misdemeanor.
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