California · Penal Code

PEN §148.2: Every person who willfully commits any of the following acts at the burning of a building or at any other time and place where any fireman or firemen or emergency rescue personnel are discharging or a

Misdemeanor

What this law says, in plain English

A person commits a misdemeanor by willfully resisting firefighters or emergency personnel, disobeying their lawful orders, engaging in disorderly conduct that delays fire extinguishment, or preventing others from helping extinguish a fire.

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Every person who willfully commits any of the following acts at the burning of a building or at any other time and place where any fireman or firemen or emergency rescue personnel are discharging or attempting to discharge an official duty, is guilty of a misdemeanor: 1. Resists or interferes with the lawful efforts of any fireman or firemen or emergency rescue personnel in the discharge or attempt to discharge an official duty. 2. Disobeys the lawful orders of any fireman or public officer. 3. Engages in any disorderly conduct which delays or prevents a fire from being timely extinguished. 4. Forbids or prevents others from assisting in extinguishing a fire or exhorts another person, as to whom he has no legal right or obligation to protect or control, from assisting in extinguishing a fire.

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