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RSA 154:9 · Penalty

Title: PUBLIC SAFETY AND WELFARE
Chapter: 154 · FIREWARDS, FIREFIGHTERS, AND FIRE HAZARDS
Status: current
Official source linked: Yes

Official source

154:9 Penalty. –
If any person present at a fire, emergency or service call, at or to which the fire department is responding shall refuse or neglect to obey the commands of any member who is recognized as, or should have been recognized as, a member of the fire department, or shall unlawfully assume the office or badge of office of a fire chief, fire officer or firefighter, such person shall be guilty of a violation.
Source. RS 111:5. CS 114:6. GS 96:5. 1878, 31:1. GL 106:5. PS 115:8. PL 146:8. RL 175:8. RSA 154:9. 1973, 531:35. 1975, 443:8. 1992, 154:11. 1998, 318:21, eff. Aug. 25, 1998.

Source note

Source. RS 111:5. CS 114:6. GS 96:5. 1878, 31:1. GL 106:5. PS 115:8. PL 146:8. RL 175:8. RSA 154:9. 1973, 531:35. 1975, 443:8. 1992, 154:11. 1998, 318:21, eff. Aug. 25, 1998.

Source history

1878, 31:1. GL 106:5. PS 115:8. PL 146:8. RL 175:8. RSA 154:9
1973, 531:35
1975, 443:8
1992, 154:11
1998, 318:21, eff. Aug. 25, 1998
RS 111:5. CS 114:6. GS 96:5

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