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      21-3827.   Criminal disclosure of a warrant. (a) Criminal disclosure of a warrant is making public in any way, except at the request of a law enforcement officer for the purpose of assisting in the execution of such warrant, the fact that a search warrant or warrant for arrest has been applied for or issued or the contents of the affidavit or testimony on which such warrant is based, prior to the execution thereof but the above shall not apply to personnel of a law enforcement agency disclosing a warrant: (1) For the purpose of encouraging the person named in the warrant to voluntarily surrender; or (2) issued in a case involving the abduction of a child unless such disclosure is specifically prohibited by the court issuing such warrant.

      (b)   Criminal disclosure of a warrant is a class B nonperson misdemeanor.

      History:   L. 1969, ch. 180, § 21-3827; L. 1978, ch. 120, § 2; L. 1986, ch. 124, § 1; L. 1992, ch. 298, § 59; L. 1993, ch. 291, § 118; July 1.