False signals
Compiled text through Aug 15, 2022
Register checked through Jul 29, 2026
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Dates and status
- Compiling agency
- Executive Department
- Text status
- Source receipt
- Compiled text through
- Aug 15, 2022
- Register checked through
- July 29, 2026/Vol. XLVIII, Issue 30 (2026-07-29)
- Activity status
- No later Register activity identified in this check.
- Source snapshot
- Jun 6, 2026
Except for the purpose of any authorized and previously publicized test or drill, any person who shall willfully issue or disseminate a false civil defense warning or signal, or shall willfully simulate an official civil defense signal, shall be guilty of a felony as provided in subdivision 4 of section 101 of the New York State Defense Emergency Act.