§ 63-2819. False alarm, complaint or information - Penalty.

No person shall call the number nine-one-one (911) for the purpose of making a knowingly false alarm or complaint or reporting knowingly false information which could result in the dispatch of emergency services from any public agency as defined in Section 2813 of this title or Section 3 of this act.  Nor shall any person call nine-one-one for nonemergency or personal use.  Any person violating the provisions of this section, upon conviction, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) and by an assessment for the resulting costs of any dispatching of emergency personnel and equipment for each such offense.

Added by Laws 1986, c. 230, § 9, emerg. eff. June 10, 1986.  Amended by Laws 1988, c. 130, § 6, emerg. eff. April 13, 1988; Laws 1990, c. 92, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1990; Laws 2000, c. 115, § 8, eff. Nov. 1, 2000.