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A. A person is guilty of obstructing a law enforcement officer if the person:

1. Knowingly makes a false or misleading material statement to a law enforcement officer. “Material Statement” means a written or oral statement reasonably likely to be relied upon by a law enforcement officer in the discharge of his or her official powers or duties.

2. Willfully hinders, delays, obstructs or interferes with any law enforcement officer in the discharge of his or her official powers or duties. Interfering with a law enforcement officer shall include but not be limited to failing to leave the area of an arrest, custody or stop, after being directed to leave the area by a law enforcement officer known by the person to be such an officer or returning to the area of an arrest, custody or stop after being directed to stay away from the area by a law enforcement officer known by the person to be such an officer. For purposes of this subsection, the area of an arrest, custody or stop is located in a ten foot radius from where a law enforcement officer is arresting, stopping or taking custody of a person and exists for so long as it takes the officer either to actually restrain a person or to terminate the stop.

B. “Law enforcement officer” means any general authority, limited authority, or specially commissioned Washington peace officer or federal peace officer as those terms are defined in Revised Code of Washington 10.93.020, and other public officers who are responsible for enforcement of fire, building, zoning, and life and safety codes.

C. Obstructing a law enforcement officer is a gross misdemeanor. (Ord. 1076 §11, 1998; Ord. 1001 §7-8, 1994; Ord. 499 §2 (part), 1978).