OFFENSES RELATING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS.

Austin City Code tit. 9, ch. 9-4, art. 4

in effect

Austin City Code § 9-4-51 COMPLIANCE WITH ORDER OF OFFICER REQUIRED; OBSTRUCTION OF DUTY PROHIBITED.

§ 9-4-51 - COMPLIANCE WITH ORDER OF OFFICER REQUIRED; OBSTRUCTION OF DUTY PROHIBITED. (A) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly fails or refuses to comply with an order or direction of a peace officer that is given by a visible or audible signal. (B) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly obstructs, prevents, or interferes with a peace officer engaged in the discharge of the officer's official duty. (C) It is an affirmative defense to a prosecution for a violation of this section that the peace officer's order or direction, or duty being performed is unlawful. Source: 1992 Code Section 10-1-2; Ord. 031023-13; Ord. 031211-11.

Austin City Code § 9-4-52 FICTITIOUS OR FALSE INFORMATION PROHIBITED.

§ 9-4-52 - FICTITIOUS OR FALSE INFORMATION PROHIBITED. (A) At the request of a peace officer, a person who is charged with an offense against state or local regulation, under arrest, and in the custody of an officer commits an offense if the person: (1) fails to give the officer the person's actual name and address; or (2) gives the officer an alias, assumed or fictitious name, or a false address. (B) At the request of a peace officer, a person who makes a written promise to appear, or is given a written notice by the officer to appear before municipal court to answer for an offense against state or local regulation commits an offense if the person gives the officer an assumed or fictitious name or a false address. Source: 1992 Code Section 10-1-3; Ord. 031023-13; Ord. 031211-11.

Austin City Code § 9-4-53 RECORDED TELEPHONE MESSAGE TO POLICE OR FIRE DEPARTMENT PROHIBITED.

§ 9-4-53 - RECORDED TELEPHONE MESSAGE TO POLICE OR FIRE DEPARTMENT PROHIBITED. (A) In this section, "telephone number" includes each telephone number assigned to the City's police or fire department by a public utility company which provides communication services and facilities to connect a caller to a secondary telephone number when a subscriber's primary telephone number is in use. (B) A person commits an offense if the person uses or operates; attempts to use or operate; causes to be used or operated; arranges, adjusts, programs; or otherwise provides for or installs a device that initiates an intrastate call and delivers a recorded message to a telephone number assigned to the City's police or fire department if activated automatically. Source: 1992 Code Section 10-1-8; Ord. 031023-13; Ord. 031211-11.

Austin City Code § 9-4-54 AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT UNIFORM; IMITATION PROHIBITED.

§ 9-4-54 - AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT UNIFORM; IMITATION PROHIBITED. (A) A person, other than a sworn police officer of the Austin Police Department, may not wear a uniform, or wear or display a badge that is deceptively similar to the uniform or badge at the time in use by the Austin Police Department. (B) In this section, a uniform or badge is deceptively similar to the uniform or badge at the time in use by the Austin Police Department if a reasonable person would assume that it was issued or prescribed by the Austin Police Department. (C) This section does not apply to a person who has received written approval from the Chief of Police to wear an Austin Police Department uniform or badge, and who is: (i) serving as an Austin Police Department Chaplain; or (ii) honorably retired from the Austin Police Department. (D) A person who violates this section commits a Class C misdemeanor punishable as provided in Section 1-1-99 (Offenses; General Penalty). Source: Ord. 20080214-021; Ord. No 20190131-015, Pt. 1, 2-11-19.

Source: City of Austin, City Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/tx/austin/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TIT9PRAC_CH9-4PRAC_ART4OFRELAENACFetched: 10/27/2026