Statutes > Washington Statutes > Title 70 - Public health and safety > 70.85 - Emergency party line telephone calls -- Limiting telephone communication in hostage situations. > 70.85.020 - Refusal to yield line -- Penalty.

70.85.020 - Refusal to yield line -- Penalty.

Refusal to yield line — Penalty.

Any person who shall wilfully refuse to yield or surrender the use of a party line to another person for the purpose of permitting such other person to report a fire or summon police, medical or other aid in case of emergency, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.

[1953 c 25 § 2.]