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title: O.C.G.A. § 16-10-24.3. Obstructing or hindering persons making emergency telephone calls.
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# O.C.G.A. § 16-10-24.3. Obstructing or hindering persons making emergency telephone calls.

Any person who verbally or physically obstructs, prevents, or hinders another person with intent to cause or allow physical harm or injury to another person from making or completing a 9-1-1 telephone call or a call to any law enforcement agency to request police protection or to report the commission of a crime is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not to exceed $1,000.00 or imprisonment not to exceed 12 months, or both.

## History

Code 1981, § 16-10-24.3, enacted by Ga. L. 1998, p. 608, § 1; Ga. L. 2005, p. 660, § 1/HB 470.