30-16-12. Falsely representing oneself as incapacitated.
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Falsely representing oneself as disabled consists of a person falsely representing the person's own self to be blind, visually impaired, deaf or having a physical disability for the purpose of obtaining money or other thing of value.
Whoever commits falsely representing oneself as disabled is guilty of a petty misdemeanor.
History: 1953 Comp., § 40A-16-12, enacted by Laws 1963, ch. 303, § 16-12; 2007, ch. 46, § 36.