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525.03 GENERAL OFFENSES CODE 70 (d) (1) Whoever violates any provision of subsection (a)(1) to (8) or (10) to (14) hereof is guilty of falsification, a misdemeanor of the first degree. (2) Whoever violates subsection (a)(9) hereof is guilty of falsification in a theft offense, a misdemeanor of the first degree. If the value of the property or services stolen is five hundred dollars ($500.00) or more, falsification in a theft offense is a felony and shall be prosecuted under appropriate State law. (e) A person who violates this section is liable in a civil action to any person harmed by the violation for injury, death, or loss to person or property incuned as a result of the commission of the offense and for reasonable attomey's fees, court costs, and other expenses incurred as a result of prosecuting the civil action commenced under this section. A civil action under this section is not the exclusive remedy of a person who incurs injury, death, or loss to person or property as a result of a violation of this section. (ORC 2921.13) 525.021 GIVING FALSE INFORMATION TO LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.. (a) No person shall knowingly give or assist in giving false information, relative to the name, address or date of birth of any person, to any law enforcement off'icer as defined in Section 501.01. (b) Where contradictory information is given by the offender within the period of the state of lunitations for giving false information, it is not necessary for the prosecution to prove which information was false, but only that one or the other was false. (c) Whoever violates this section is guilty of giving false information, a misdemeanor of the first degree. 525.03 IMPERSONATION OF PEACE OFFICER OR PRIVATE POLICE OFFICER. (a) As used in this section: . (1) "Peace officer" means a sheriff, deputy sheriff, marshal, deputy marshal, member of the organized police department of a municipal corporation or township constable who is employed by a political subdivision of this State, a member of a police force employed by a metropolitan housing authority under Ohio R.C. 3735.31(D), a member of a police force employed by a regional transit authority under Ohio R.C. 306.35(Y), a State university law enforcement officer appointed under Ohio R.C. 3345.04, an Ohio veterans' home police officer appointed under Ohio R.C. 5907.02, a special police officer employed by a port authority under Ohio R.C. 4582.04 or 4582.28, or a State highway patrol trooper and whose primary duties are to preserve the peace, to protect life and property and to enforce the laws, ordinances or rules of the State or any of its political subdivisions. }- 2006 Replacement