§ 153.005 GIVING FALSE INFORMATION TO A POLICE OFFICER.
   (A)   It shall be unlawful for any person to report or cause to be reported to any police agency any information concerning the commission of any offense or other incident that would require police action when:
      (1)   The person knows that no such offense or other incident has occurred; or
      (2)   The person knows the information to be false or that he or she has no such information.
   (B)   (1)   It shall be unlawful for any person arrested for or charged with a crime or who was issued a municipal civil infraction or a civil infraction by a police officer or other authorized city employee to deliberately give a false name or false addresses to the police officer or to any employee of the court.
      (2)   FALSE NAME shall be defined as the giving by a person of any name other than his or her own legal name.
(Prior Code, § 25-76.4) (Ord. 1286, passed 9-10-2007) Penalty, see § 153.999