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§ 904. Resisting or interfering with an officer

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 34 Pa.C.S.A. GameEffective: December 6, 2010

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 34 Pa.C.S.A. Game (Refs & Annos)
Chapter 9. Enforcement
Subchapter A. General Provisions (Refs & Annos)
Effective: December 6, 2010
34 Pa.C.S.A. § 904
§ 904. Resisting or interfering with an officer
Currentness
(a) General offense.--When an officer is in the performance of any duty required by this title, it is unlawful for any person to interfere with or resist an arrest, inspection or investigation of the officer by threat, force, menace, flight or obstruction. A violation of this subsection is a summary offense of the first degree.
(b) Failure to produce identification upon demand.--
(1) A person who refuses to provide identification upon demand of an officer whose duty it is to enforce this title after having been told by the officer that the person is the subject of an official investigation or investigative detention, supported by reasonable suspicion, commits a summary offense of the fifth degree.
(2) A person who provides false identification to an officer whose duty it is to enforce this title for the purpose of avoiding prosecution or hindering apprehension or obstructing an investigation commits a summary offense of the second degree.

Credits

1986, July 8, P.L. 442, No. 93, § 1, effective July 1, 1987. Amended 2004, June 23, P.L. 434, No. 42, § 1, effective Aug. 23, 2004; 2010, Oct. 7, P.L. 474, No. 64, § 2, effective in 60 days [Dec. 6, 2010].
34 Pa.C.S.A. § 904, PA ST 34 Pa.C.S.A. § 904
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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