{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-16-10-24.3","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 16-10-24.3","heading":"Obstructing or hindering persons making emergency telephone calls.","body":"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.","path":["TITLE 16 Crimes and Offenses","CHAPTER 10 Offenses Against Public Administration","Article 2 Obstruction of Public Administration and Related Offenses"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.16.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"88563f4e91d8984aa71adc1a9d58c4a73cd2c0723e2d5da94d726641ccbaa0db","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-16-10-24.2","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-16-10-24.4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}