§ 5-71-207. Disorderly conduct

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AR ST § 5-71-207West's Arkansas Code AnnotatedTitle 5. Criminal OffensesEffective: July 31, 2007 (Approx. 2 pages)

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§ 5-71-207. Disorderly conduct

AR ST § 5-71-207West's Arkansas Code AnnotatedTitle 5. Criminal OffensesEffective: July 31, 2007 (Approx. 2 pages)

West's Arkansas Code Annotated

Title 5. Criminal Offenses (Refs & Annos)

Subtitle 6. Offenses Against Public Health, Safety, or Welfare (Chapters 60 to 79)

Chapter 71. Riots, Disorderly Conduct, Etc. (Refs & Annos)

Subchapter 2. Offenses Generally (Refs & Annos)

Effective: July 31, 2007

A.C.A. § 5-71-207

§ 5-71-207. Disorderly conduct

Currentness

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

(2) Makes unreasonable or excessive noise;

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

(5) Obstructs vehicular or pedestrian traffic;

(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) Creates a hazardous or physically offensive condition;

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

(b) Disorderly conduct is a Class C misdemeanor.

Credits

Acts of 1975, Act 280, § 2908; Acts of 2007, Act 827, § 93, eff. July 31, 2007.

Formerly A.S.A. 1947, § 41-2908.

A.C.A. § 5-71-207, AR ST § 5-71-207

The constitution and statutes are current through the 2024 Fiscal Session and 2024 Second Extraordinary Session of the 94th Arkansas General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current; see credits for details. Also included are changes made by the Arkansas Code Revision Commission received through June 30, 2024.

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