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North Dakota Century Code Title 12.1. Criminal Code § 12.1-08-03. Hindering law enforcement

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

1. A person is guilty of hindering law enforcement if he intentionally interferes with, hinders, delays, or prevents the discovery, apprehension, prosecution, conviction, or punishment of another for an offense by:

a. Harboring or concealing the other;

b. Providing the other with a weapon, money, transportation, disguise, or other means of avoiding discovery or apprehension;

c. Concealing, altering, mutilating, or destroying a document or thing, regardless of its admissibility in evidence;

d. Warning the other of impending discovery or apprehension other than in connection with an effort to bring another into compliance with the law; or

e. Giving false information or a false report to a law enforcement officer knowing such information or report to be false.

2. Hindering law enforcement is a class C felony if the actor:

a. Knows of the conduct of the other and such conduct constitutes a class AA, class A, or class B felony; or

b. Knows that the other has been charged with or convicted of a crime and such crime is a class AA, class A, or class B felony.

Otherwise hindering law enforcement is a class A misdemeanor.

3. A person who commits the crime of hindering law enforcement is subject to prosecution in this state if the conduct interferes with or hinders an investigation of a crime occurring within this state. The venue of a criminal action involving the crime of hindering law enforcement is in any county in which the conduct of hindering is committed or in any county in which a criminal offense is being investigated which is hindered by the false information or other interfering conduct.

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Cite this article: FindLaw.com - North Dakota Century Code Title 12.1. Criminal Code § 12.1-08-03. Hindering law enforcement - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/nd/title-12-1-criminal-code/nd-cent-code-sect-12-1-08-03/

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