---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 C.F.R. § 11.435"
title: "25"
number: "11.435"
heading: "Obstructing justice."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/25/11.435"
---

# §11.435. Obstructing justice.


A person commits a misdemeanor if, with purpose to hinder the apprehension, prosecution, conviction or punishment of another for a crime, he or she harbors or conceals the other, provides a weapon, transportation, disguise or other means of escape, warns the other of impending discovery, or volunteers false information to a law enforcement officer.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; R.S. 463, 25 U.S.C. 2; R.S. 465, 25 U.S.C. 9; 42 Stat. 208, 25 U.S.C. 13; 38 Stat. 586, 25 U.S.C. 200.

### Source

Source: 58 FR 54411, Oct. 21, 1993, unless otherwise noted.