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thing; or
(2) a person who, as:
(A) an attorney;
(B) a physician;
(C) a member of the clergy; or
(D) a husband or wife;
is not required to testify under IC 34-46-3-1.
35-44.1-2-3. False informing.
(a) As used in this section, “consumer prod-
uct” has the meaning set forth in IC 35-45-8-1.
(b) As used in this section, “misconduct”
means a violation of a departmental rule or pro-
cedure of a law enforcement agency.
(c) A person who reports, by telephone, tele-
graph, mail, or other written or oral communica-
tion, that:
(1) the person or another person has placed
or intends to place an explosive, a destruc-
tive device, or other destructive substance
in a building or transportation facility;
(2) there has been or there will be tam-
pering with a consumer product introduced
into commerce; or
(3) there has been or will be placed or
introduced a weapon of mass destruction
in a building or a place of assembly;
knowing the report to be false, commits false
reporting, a Level 6 felony.
(d) A person who:
(1) gives a false report of the commission
of a crime or gives false information in the
official investigation of the commission
of a crime, knowing the report or infor-
mation to be false;
(2) gives a false alarm of fire to the fire
department of a governmental entity,
knowing the alarm to be false;
(3) makes a false request for ambulance
service to an ambulance service provider,
knowing the request to be false;
(4) gives a false report concerning a miss-
ing child (as defined in IC 10-13-5-4) or
missing endangered adult (as defined in IC
12-7-2-131.3) or gives false information in
the official investigation of a missing child
or missing endangered adult knowing the
report or information to be false;
(5) makes a complaint against a law
enforcement officer to the state or munic-
ipality (as defined in IC 8-1-13-3(b)) that
employs the officer:
(A) alleging the officer engaged in
misconduct while performing the offi-
cer’s duties; and
(B) knowing the complaint to be false;
(6) makes a false report of a missing per-
son, knowing the report or information is
false; or
(7) give a false report of actions, behavior,
or conditions concerning a septic tank soil
absorption system under IC 8-1-2-125 or
IC 13-26-5-2.5 knowing the report or infor-
mation to be false;
commits false informing, a Class B misdemeanor.
However, the offense is a Class A misdemeanor
if it substantially hinders any law enforcement
process or if it results in harm to another person.
35-44.1-2-4. False identify statement.
(a) A person who:
(1) with intent to mislead public servants;
(2) in a five (5) year period; and
(3) in one (1) or more official proceed-
ings or investigations;
has knowingly made at least two (2) material
statements concerning the person’s identity that are
inconsistent to the degree that one (1) of them is
necessarily false commits false identity statement,
a Class A misdemeanor.
(b) It is a defense to a prosecution under this
section that the material statements that are the
basis of a prosecution under subsection (a) con-
cerning the person’s identity are accurate or were
accurate in the past.
(c) In a prosecution under subsection (a):
(1) the indictment or information need not
specify which statement is actually false;
and
(2) the falsity of a statement may be estab-
lished sufficiently for conviction by proof
that the defendant made irreconcilably
contradictory statements concerning the
person’s identity.
35-44.1-2-5. Assisting a criminal.
(a) Aperson not standing in the relation of par-
ent, child, or spouse to another person who has
committed a crime or is a fugitive from justice
