| 2C:29-1.
Obstructing the Administration of Law
2C:29-1. Obstructing
Administration of Law or Other Governmental
Function. a. A person commits an offense if he
purposely obstructs, impairs or perverts the
administration of law or other governmental function
or prevents or attempts to prevent a public servant
from lawfully performing an official function by
means of flight, intimidation, force, violence, or
physical interference or obstacle, or by means of
any independently unlawful act. This section does
not apply to failure to perform a legal duty other
than an official duty, or any other means of
avoiding compliance with law without affirmative
interference with governmental functions.
b.An offense under this section is a crime of the
fourth degree if the actor obstructs the detection
or investigation of a crime or the prosecution of a
person for a crime, otherwise it is a disorderly
persons offense.
L.1978, c.95; amended 1986, c.34, 2000, c.18, s.1.
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