Arrest Reports and Laws

Failure to perform duties of witness to accident; penalty.


(1) A person commits the offense of failure to perform the duties of a witness to an accident if the person:
(a) Witnesses an accident that results in injury or death to any person or causes damage to a vehicle that is driven or attended by any person; and
(b) Does not furnish to the driver or occupant of such vehicles or injured person, the true name and address of the witness.
(2) The offense described in this section, failure to perform the duties of a witness to an accident, is a Class B traffic violation. [1983 c.338 §575]