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INTERFERENCE WITH MAKING A REPORT
165.572 Interference with making a report. (1) A person commits the crime of interference with making a report if the person, by removing, damaging or interfering with a telephone line, telephone or similar communication equipment, intentionally prevents or hinders another person from making a report to a law enforcement agency, a law enforcement official, an agency charged with the duty of taking public safety reports or a 9-1-1 emergency reporting system.
(2) Interference with making a report is a Class A misdemeanor.