(a) A person guilty of any of the following acts may be punished as provided herein:
(1) Disobedience of, or resistance to, a lawful writ, process, order, rule, judgment or command of a court or an officer;
(2) Misbehavior of an officer of the court in the performance of his official duties, or in his official transactions;
(3) A failure to obey a subpoena duly served, or a refusal to be sworn or to answer as a witness, when lawfully required;
(4) The rescue or attempted rescue of a person or of property in the custody of an officer by virtue of a person recognized to appear as a witness in a court to appear in compliance with the terms of his recognizance;
(5) Misbehavior in the presence of or so near the court as to obstruct the administration of justice.
(b) No person shall fail to appear, without just cause, who has been summoned as provided in Ohio R.C. 2935.10(B) if personal service of the summons was had upon him.
(c) No person shall furnish a false name or other false information to a police officer who is issuing a traffic citation ticket to an alleged violation for a violation of the Moraine Traffic Code or Uniform Traffic Act of the State of Ohio, nor fail to respond to the order to appear by personal appearance at the date and hour specified thereon or by waiver payment within the time allowed by law.
(Ord. 466. Passed 11-10-77.)
(d) Whoever violates any provision of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor on a first offense; on a second offense within one year after the first offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree; on each subsequent offense within one year after the first offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.