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RSA 642:10 · Obstructing Report of Crime or Injury

Title
LXII: CRIMINAL CODE
Chapter
642 · OBSTRUCTING GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS
Status
current
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642:10 Obstructing Report of Crime or Injury. –

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I.

A person shall be guilty of an offense under this section who disconnects, damages, disables, removes, or uses physical force or intimidation to block access to any telephone, radio, or other electronic communication device with a purpose to obstruct, prevent, or interfere with:

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(a)

The report of any criminal offense to any law enforcement agency; or

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(b)

The report of any bodily injury or property damage to any law enforcement agency; or

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(c)

A request for ambulance or emergency medical assistance to any governmental agency, or any hospital, doctor, or other medical service provider.

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II.

It shall be an affirmative defense to prosecution under this section that the actor reasonably believed his conduct to be necessary to prevent a criminal false alarm.

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III.

Obstructing report of a crime or injury is a misdemeanor. Source. 1994, 304:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1995.

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Source note

Source. 1994, 304:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1995.

Source history

  • 1994, 304:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1995

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  • 2025 HB188 add

    ve to contempt of the general court. Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened: 1 New Section; Obstructing Governmental Operations; Contempt of the General Court. Amend RSA 642 by inserting after section 10 the following new section: 642:11 Contempt of the General Court. I. Criminal offense established. Any person who, without just cause, knowingly fails to comply with a subpoena dul

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