CHAPTER 131: OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY
Section
   131.01   Distributing dangerous substances
   131.02   False reports to or communications with public safety entities
   131.03   Impersonating a public official
   131.04   Interference with official acts
   131.05   Refusing to assist officer
   131.06   Harassment of public officers and employees
   131.07   Reckless use of fire or explosives
   131.08   Antenna and radio wires
   131.09   Urinating and defecating
§ 131.01 DISTRIBUTING DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES.
   No person shall distribute samples of any drugs or medicine, or any corrosive, caustic, poisonous or other injurious substance unless the person delivers such into the hands of a competent person, or otherwise takes reasonable precautions that the substance will not be taken by children or animals from the place where the substance is deposited.
(Iowa Code § 727.1) (1999 Code, § 41.01) Penalty, see § 10.99
§ 131.02 FALSE REPORTS TO OR COMMUNICATIONS WITH PUBLIC SAFETY ENTITIES.
   No person shall do any of the following:
   (A)   Report or cause to be reported false information to a fire department, a law enforcement authority or other public safety entity, knowing that the information is false, or report the alleged occurrence of a criminal act knowing the act did not occur;
   (B)   Telephone an emergency 911 communications center, knowing that he or she is not reporting an emergency or otherwise needing emergency information or assistance; or
   (C)   Knowingly provide false information to a law enforcement officer who enters the information on a citation.
(Iowa Code § 718.6) (1999 Code, § 41.03) Penalty, see § 10.99
§ 131.03 IMPERSONATING A PUBLIC OFFICIAL.
   No person shall falsely hold himself or herself out or assume to act as an elected or appointed officer, magistrate, peace officer or person authorized to act on behalf of the state or any subdivision thereof, having no authority to do so.
(Iowa Code § 718.2) (1999 Code, § 41.04) Penalty, see § 10.99
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