Section 39-21.1-16 Providing false information.

RI Gen L § 39-21.1-16 (2019) (N/A)
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§ 39-21.1-16. Providing false information. No person shall call or otherwise cause the number nine-one-one (911) to be called for the purpose of knowingly making a false alarm or complaint or reporting false information which could result in the dispatch of emergency services from any public agency as defined in § 39-21.1-3(6) of this chapter. Any person violating the provisions of this section, upon conviction, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or both.

History of Section. (P.L. 1988, ch. 90, § 1.)