§ 16-11-39. Disorderly conduct | Statutes | Westlaw

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§ 16-11-39. Disorderly conduct

GA ST § 16-11-39West's Code of Georgia AnnotatedTitle 16. Crimes and Offenses (Approx. 2 pages)

§ 16-11-39. Disorderly conduct

GA ST § 16-11-39West's Code of Georgia AnnotatedTitle 16. Crimes and Offenses (Approx. 2 pages)

West's Code of Georgia Annotated
Title 16. Crimes and Offenses (Refs & Annos)
Chapter 11. Offenses Against Public Order and Safety (Refs & Annos)
Article 2. Offenses Against Public Order
Ga. Code Ann., § 16-11-39
§ 16-11-39. Disorderly conduct
(a) A person commits the offense of disorderly conduct when such person commits any of the following:
(1) Acts in a violent or tumultuous manner toward another person whereby such person is placed in reasonable fear of the safety of such person's life, limb, or health;
(2) Acts in a violent or tumultuous manner toward another person whereby the property of such person is placed in danger of being damaged or destroyed;
(3) Without provocation, uses to or of another person in such other person's presence, opprobrious or abusive words which by their very utterance tend to incite to an immediate breach of the peace, that is to say, words which as a matter of common knowledge and under ordinary circumstances will, when used to or of another person in such other person's presence, naturally tend to provoke violent resentment, that is, words commonly called “fighting words”; or
(4) Without provocation, uses obscene and vulgar or profane language in the presence of or by telephone to a person under the age of 14 years which threatens an immediate breach of the peace.
(b) Any person who commits the offense of disorderly conduct shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(c) This Code section shall not be deemed or construed to affect or limit the powers of counties or municipal corporations to adopt ordinances or resolutions prohibiting disorderly conduct within their respective limits.

Credits

Laws 1865-66, p. 233, § 2; Laws 1872, p. 9, § 1; Laws 1875, p. 25, § 1; Laws 1890-91, p. 83, § 1; Laws 1919, p. 103, § 1; Laws 1963, p. 455, § 1; Laws 1968, p. 1249, § 1; Laws 1974, p. 470, § 1; Laws 1992, p. 6, § 16; Laws 1995, p. 574, § 3.
Formerly Code 1863, § 4271; Code 1868, § 4306; Code 1873, § 4372; Code 1882, § 4372; Penal Code 1895, § 396; Penal Code 1910, § 387; Code 1933, § 26-6303; Code 1933, § 26-2610.
Ga. Code Ann., § 16-11-39, GA ST § 16-11-39
The statutes and Constitution are current through legislation passed at the 2023 Regular Session of the Georgia General Assembly. Some sections may be more current, see credits for details. The statutes are subject to changes by the Georgia Code Commission.
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