---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 C.F.R. § 11.431"
title: "25"
number: "11.431"
heading: "False reports."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/25/11.431"
---

# §11.431. False reports.

- (a) A person who knowingly gives false information to any law enforcement officer with the purpose to implicate another commits a misdemeanor.
- (b) **A person commits a petty misdemeanor if he or she—**
  - (1) Reports to law enforcement authorities an offense or other incident within their concern knowing that it did not occur; or
  - (2) Pretends to furnish such authorities with information relating to an offense or incident when he or she knows he or she has no information relating to such offense or incident.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; R.S. 463, 25 U.S.C. 2; R.S. 465, 25 U.S.C. 9; 42 Stat. 208, 25 U.S.C. 13; 38 Stat. 586, 25 U.S.C. 200.

### Source

Source: 58 FR 54411, Oct. 21, 1993, unless otherwise noted.