DEPARTMENT
OF JUSTICE

Intentionally applying unlawful force to another person or causing a reasonable fear of immediate unlawful force.

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Committing assault with a deadly weapon, causing serious bodily injury, or acting under circumstances showing extreme disregard for life.

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Assaulting an on-duty peace officer, EMS member, judge, attorney, public employee, or other protected public servant because of their lawful duties.

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Unlawfully causing substantial or prolonged bodily injury to another person.

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Taking a direct and substantial step toward intentionally killing another person.

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Unlawfully and intentionally causing the death of another person, including a death caused with malice or extreme recklessness.

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Unlawfully causing death through reckless conduct or in circumstances that reduce but do not excuse criminal responsibility.

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Unlawfully seizing, moving, confining, or holding another person by force, threat, deception, or coercion.

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Holding a person to compel another person, organization, business, or government agency to act or refrain from acting.

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Knowingly restraining another person's freedom of movement without lawful authority.

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Communicating a credible threat of unlawful violence that causes reasonable fear.

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Engaging in repeated unwanted following, monitoring, contact, or threats that cause reasonable fear or substantial distress.

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Repeatedly engaging in unwanted conduct intended to alarm, annoy, intimidate, or disturb another person.

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Recklessly creating a substantial risk of serious injury or death to another person.

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Intentionally inflicting severe physical or psychological suffering for punishment, intimidation, information, coercion, or gratification.

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Unlawfully taking property of relatively low value with intent to deprive the owner.

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Unlawfully taking property of substantial value or taking property under aggravating circumstances.

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Unlawfully taking, driving, or exercising control over a motor vehicle with intent to deprive the owner.

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Possessing, receiving, concealing, or disposing of property while knowing or reasonably believing it was stolen.

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Entering or remaining in a building, dwelling, or secured area with intent to commit theft or another felony.

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Taking property from a person or their immediate presence by force, violence, or threat.

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Committing robbery while armed with or displaying a deadly weapon.

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Possessing tools or devices with intent to use them for unlawful entry, theft, or tampering.

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Entering or remaining on property after notice that entry is forbidden or consent has been withdrawn.

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Trespassing in a secured, occupied, restricted, or government-controlled location or while intending to intimidate or commit another offence.

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Intentionally damaging, defacing, or destroying property belonging to another person or the public.

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Intentionally or recklessly causing a fire or explosion that damages property or creates a substantial danger.

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Possessing or controlling a vehicle while knowing or reasonably believing it is stolen.

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Unlawfully entering, damaging, disabling, modifying, or interfering with a vehicle.

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Obtaining property, money, services, or action through threats, coercion, or abuse of authority.

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Unreasonably disturbing the peace, provoking public disruption, or engaging in tumultuous conduct.

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Creating excessive noise, fighting, or disruptive conduct that interferes with public peace.

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Being intoxicated in public to the point of creating a safety risk, obstruction, or inability to care for oneself.

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Participating in an assembly that presents an immediate threat of unlawful violence or serious public disorder after lawful notice to disperse.

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Participating with others in violent public disturbance causing injury, property damage, or substantial danger.

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Knowingly blocking a road, entrance, emergency route, or public passage without lawful authority.

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Knowingly remaining at an unlawful assembly, riot, or dangerous incident after a lawful order to disperse.

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Knowingly reporting a false emergency, crime, threat, or need for public response.

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Using police, EMS, fire, dispatch, or emergency systems for harassment, diversion, or a knowingly improper purpose.

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Unlawfully damaging, concealing, moving, or mistreating human remains.

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Refusing to provide lawfully required identifying information during a valid detention, citation, arrest, licensing, or court process.

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Intentionally delaying, obstructing, or interfering with a lawful investigation, arrest, court process, or public duty.

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Knowingly using force or active physical resistance to prevent a lawful arrest or detention.

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Knowingly fleeing by vehicle or other dangerous means from a peace officer attempting a lawful stop, detention, or arrest.

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Evading while driving with reckless disregard for safety, causing injury, or using especially dangerous conduct.

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Unlawfully leaving or attempting to leave lawful detention, arrest, transport, or confinement.

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Knowingly assisting another person to escape lawful custody or interfering with secure transport or confinement.

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Destroying, altering, concealing, planting, or fabricating evidence with intent to affect an investigation or proceeding.

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Knowingly making a materially false statement under oath or in a sworn filing.

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Using threats, coercion, bribery, or harassment to influence or prevent testimony, reporting, or cooperation.

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Offering, giving, requesting, or receiving value to improperly influence an official act or public duty.

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Falsely representing oneself as police, EMS, DOJ, government, or another public authority to obtain compliance or benefit.

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Willfully disobeying a lawful court order or seriously disrupting a court proceeding.

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Knowingly violating a warrant condition, restraining order, probation term, release condition, or other enforceable court order.

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Knowingly providing materially false information in a police, government, insurance, or court report.

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Operating a vehicle above the posted or reasonable speed for the conditions.

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Operating substantially above the speed limit or at a speed creating a significant public danger.

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Driving with willful or reckless disregard for the safety of people or property.

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Participating in an unauthorized speed contest, timed exhibition, or organized race on a public road.

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Operating a vehicle without the licence required for that vehicle or activity.

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Operating a vehicle while the driver's licence is suspended or revoked.

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Operating a vehicle while impaired by alcohol, drugs, or another substance.

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Driving while impaired and causing serious injury or substantial danger.

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Leaving a collision involving injury or substantial property damage without stopping, identifying oneself, or providing required assistance.

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Failing to safely yield or make way for an authorized emergency vehicle using lights or siren.

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Parking in a prohibited manner or obstructing traffic, emergency access, driveways, or public operations.

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Operating a vehicle with prohibited, unsafe, or missing required equipment.

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Operating a vehicle that is not lawfully registered or displays invalid registration.

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Using, creating, altering, or displaying false, stolen, or fraudulently assigned plates or registration.

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Operating aircraft or watercraft with reckless disregard for public safety.

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Displaying or drawing a weapon in a threatening manner without lawful justification.

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Discharging a firearm without lawful justification or in a prohibited or dangerous manner.

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Possessing a firearm requiring a licence when the person does not hold the required valid licence.

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Possessing a weapon prohibited by law or specifically restricted to authorized persons.

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Possessing a weapon while subject to a legal prohibition, court order, or disqualifying status.

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Manufacturing, importing, supplying, or distributing weapons through an unlawful commercial or organized operation.

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Possessing, creating, or controlling an explosive or destructive device without lawful authority.

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Using, displaying, or possessing a weapon to facilitate another felony.

This is an enhancement-style charge and should be tied to the underlying felony.

Knowingly storing a weapon in a manner that creates an unlawful danger or gives prohibited access.

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Possessing a weapon with a removed, altered, or falsified identifying mark or serial number.

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Knowingly possessing an unlawful controlled substance in a personal-use quantity.

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Possessing controlled substances in a quantity or circumstances showing intent to sell, supply, or distribute.

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Selling, delivering, transferring, or supplying a controlled substance unlawfully.

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Producing, processing, cultivating, or preparing a controlled substance unlawfully.

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Organizing, financing, importing, exporting, or conducting large-scale controlled-substance distribution.

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Possessing specialized equipment or materials with intent to manufacture controlled substances.

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Knowingly controlling a property or location used for ongoing unlawful manufacturing, storage, or distribution.

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Distributing controlled substances in or near a protected public, medical, educational, or government location.

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Stealing, altering, contaminating, or unlawfully diverting regulated medical drugs or supplies.

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Knowingly possessing money or assets directly derived from unlawful drug distribution.

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Obtaining money, property, service, or legal advantage through a material deception.

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Creating, altering, possessing, or using a false document, signature, licence, record, or instrument with fraudulent intent.

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Using another person's identity or identifying information without authority to obtain benefit or cause harm.

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Conducting or concealing transactions designed to disguise the source, ownership, or control of criminal proceeds.

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Willfully concealing taxable activity or using deception to avoid a lawful tax or public financial obligation.

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Participating in an ongoing criminal enterprise through a pattern of serious offences.

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Agreeing with one or more persons to commit a serious offence and taking an act in furtherance of that agreement.

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Knowingly assisting a person after a felony to avoid arrest, prosecution, conviction, or punishment.

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Intentionally assisting, encouraging, facilitating, or participating in the commission of another offence.

Classification and penalty should generally follow the underlying offence and the person's actual role.

Taking a direct and substantial step toward committing an offence with the required intent.

Use the underlying offence and apply the approved attempted-offence reduction.