North Dakota Code § 12.1-13-04

Impersonating officials
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1. A person is guilty of an offense if he falsely pretends to be:
a. A public servant, other than a law enforcement officer, and acts as if to exercise 
the authority of such public servant.
b. A public servant or a former public servant and thereby obtains a thing of value.

c. A law enforcement officer.
2. It is no defense to prosecution under this section that the pretended capacity did not 
exist or the pretended authority could not legally or otherwise have been exercised or 
conferred.
3. An offense under subdivision b or c of subsection 1 is a class A misdemeanor. An 
offense under subdivision a of subsection 1 is a class B misdemeanor.

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