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RSA 644:12 · Emergency Calls

Title: LXII: CRIMINAL CODE
Chapter: 644 · BREACHES OF THE PEACE AND RELATED OFFENSES
Status: current
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644:12 Emergency Calls. – A person is guilty of a class B misdemeanor if he purposely refuses to yield the use of a telephone party line upon being informed that it is needed for any call to summon fire, police or medical assistance; to invoke or operate the civil defense system; or otherwise to deal with an immediate threat to life or health. Source. 1971, 518:1. 1992, 269:18, eff. July 1, 1992.

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Source. 1971, 518:1. 1992, 269:18, eff. July 1, 1992.

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1971, 518:1
1992, 269:18, eff. July 1, 1992

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