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N.Y. Penal Law § 270.15 — Unlawfully refusing to yield a party line

N.Y. Penal Law § 270.15

Type: Statute
Source: New York Penal Law
Jurisdiction: New York
Current through: Nov 5, 2026 (NY Senate Open Legislation)

§ 270.15 Unlawfully refusing to yield a party line.

Citator

N.Y. Penal Law § 270.15 — Unlawfully refusing to yield a party line is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.

§ 270.15 Unlawfully refusing to yield a party line.

1. As used in this section:

(a) "Party line" means a subscriber's line telephone circuit, consisting of two or more main telephone stations connected therewith, each station with a distinctive ring or telephone number.

(b) "Emergency call" means a telephone call to a police or fire department, or for medical aid or ambulance service, necessitated by a situation in which human life or property is in jeopardy and prompt summoning of aid is essential.

2. A person is guilty of unlawfully refusing to yield a party line when, being informed that a party line is needed for an emergency call, he refuses immediately to relinquish such line.

Unlawfully refusing to yield a party line is a class B misdemeanor.