2005 Idaho Code - 18-3005 — INTIMIDATION BY FALSE ASSERTION OF AUTHORITY

                                  TITLE  18
                            CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS
                                  CHAPTER 30
                             FALSE PERSONATION --
                             FRAUDULENT MARRIAGES
    18-3005.  INTIMIDATION BY FALSE ASSERTION OF AUTHORITY. (1) Any person who
either:
    (a)  Deliberately impersonates or falsely acts as a public officer or
    tribunal, public employee or any law enforcement authority in connection
    with or relating to any actual or purported legal process affecting
    persons or property; or
    (b)  Simulates legal process including, but not limited to, actions
    affecting title to real or personal property, indictments, subpoenas,
    warrants, injunctions, liens, orders, judgments, or any legal documents or
    proceedings; knowing or having reason to know the contents of any such
    documents or proceedings or the basis for any action to be fraudulent; or
    (c)  While acting falsely in asserting authority of law takes action
    against persons or property; or
    (d)  While acting falsely in asserting authority of law attempts in any
    way to influence, intimidate, or hinder a public official or law
    enforcement officer in the discharge of his official duties by means of,
    but not limited to, threats of or actual physical abuse, harassment, or
    through the use of simulated legal process;
Is punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for a period not to exceed
one (1) year, or by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) or
both.
    (2)  (a) Nothing in this section shall make unlawful any act of any law
    enforcement officer or legal tribunal which is performed under lawful
    authority; and
    (b)  Nothing in this section shall prohibit individuals from assembling
    freely to express opinions or designate group affiliation or association;
    and
    (c)  Nothing in this section shall prohibit or in any way limit a person's
    lawful and legitimate access to the courts or prevent a person from
    instituting or responding to legitimate and lawful legal process.