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(1) A person is guilty of an attempt to commit crime, if, with intent to commit a specific crime, he or she does any act which is a substantial step toward the commission of that crime.

(2) If the conduct in which a person engages otherwise constitutes an attempt to commit a crime, it is no defense to a prosecution of such attempt that the crime charged to have been attempted was, under the attendant circumstances, factually or legally impossible of commission.

(3) An attempt to commit a crime is a misdemeanor. [Ord. 4427 § 1, 2019; Ord. 3481 § 2, 2001; Ord. 2613 § 1, 1986; Code 1970 § 1.01.145.]