Disorderly conduct

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  1. (a) A person commits the offense of disorderly conduct if, with the purpose to cause public inconvenience, annoyance, or alarm or recklessly creating a risk of public inconvenience, annoyance, or alarm, he or she:

    1. (1) Engages in fighting or in violent, threatening, or tumultuous behavior;

    2. (2) Makes unreasonable or excessive noise;

    3. (3) In a public place, uses abusive or obscene language, or makes an obscene gesture, in a manner likely to provoke a violent or disorderly response;

    4. (4) Disrupts or disturbs any lawful assembly or meeting of persons;

    5. (5) Obstructs vehicular or pedestrian traffic;

    6. (6) Congregates with two (2) or more other persons in a public place and refuses to comply with a lawful order to disperse of a law enforcement officer or other person engaged in enforcing or executing the law;

    7. (7) Creates a hazardous or physically offensive condition;

    8. (8) In a public place, mars, defiles, desecrates, or otherwise damages a patriotic or religious symbol that is an object of respect by the public or a substantial segment of the public; or

    9. (9) In a public place, exposes his or her private parts.

  2. (b) Disorderly conduct is a Class C misdemeanor.


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