This one may even be worse than normal. That fake sovcit plate says “US DOT” and has the Federal Department of Transportation logo on their fake plate.
Could this sovcit be charged with impersonating a federal official?
“The impersonation must be of a federal officer (see Massengale v. United States, 240 F.2d 781, 782 (6th Cir. 1957)), and may be affected by verbal declarations as well as by the exhibition of a counterfeited badge or a false certificate of authority.”
nah dot numbers are just to say “I have registered this truck” basically, usually for auditing and transparency purposes - its just a law like needing permission to dig, or build, or sell real estate…
If you have a realtor license, you’re not allowed to break into someone’s house
If you have a dot number you’re not allowed to drive without registered plates and a license
This one may even be worse than normal. That fake sovcit plate says “US DOT” and has the Federal Department of Transportation logo on their fake plate.
Could this sovcit be charged with impersonating a federal official?
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“The impersonation must be of a federal officer (see Massengale v. United States, 240 F.2d 781, 782 (6th Cir. 1957)), and may be affected by verbal declarations as well as by the exhibition of a counterfeited badge or a false certificate of authority.”
nah dot numbers are just to say “I have registered this truck” basically, usually for auditing and transparency purposes - its just a law like needing permission to dig, or build, or sell real estate…
If you have a realtor license, you’re not allowed to break into someone’s house
If you have a dot number you’re not allowed to drive without registered plates and a license