2025 Session
Last amended: 1986 session
§ 192A.42 — Fraudulent Enlistment, Appointment, or Separation
Plain-Language Summary
Punishes anyone who gets into or out of the military through fraud, like lying on enlistment papers.
192A.42 FRAUDULENT ENLISTMENT, APPOINTMENT, OR SEPARATION.
Any person who:
(1) procures that person’s own enlistment or appointment in the state military forces by knowingly false representation or deliberate concealment as to that person’s qualifications for that enlistment or appointment and receives pay or allowances thereunder; or
(2) procures that person’s own separation from the state military forces by knowingly false representation or deliberate concealment as to that person’s eligibility for that separation;
shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
History:
1963 c 661 s 192A.42; 1986 c 444
History: History: 1963 c 661 s 192A.42; 1986 c 444
Practical Notes
Lying to get into the military or to get discharged is a crime under the military code.