2006 Nebraska Revised Statutes - § 28-901 — Obstructing government operations; penalty.

Section 28-901
Obstructing government operations; penalty.

(1) A person commits the offense of obstructing government operations if he intentionally obstructs, impairs, or perverts the administration of law or other governmental functions by force, violence, physical interference or obstacle, breach of official duty, or any other unlawful act, except that this section does not apply to flight by a person charged with crime, refusal to submit to arrest, 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.

(2) Obstructing government operations is a Class I misdemeanor.


Source:
    Laws 1977, LB 38, § 186

Annotations:
    The offense must consist of physical interference or some unlawful act. State v. Douglas, 217 Neb. 199, 349 N.W.2d 870 (1984).



~Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska

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