609.72. Disorderly conduct

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MN ST § 609.72Minnesota Statutes AnnotatedCrimes; Expungement; Victims (Ch. 609-624)Effective: July 1, 2023 (Approx. 2 pages)

Minnesota Statutes Annotated

Crimes; Expungement; Victims (Ch. 609-624)

Chapter 609. Criminal Code (Refs & Annos)

Public Misconduct or Nuisance

Effective: July 1, 2023

M.S.A. § 609.72

609.72. Disorderly conduct

Currentness

Subdivision 1. Crime. Whoever does any of the following in a public or private place, including on a school bus, knowing, or having reasonable grounds to know that it will, or will tend to, alarm, anger or disturb others or provoke an assault or breach of the peace, is guilty of disorderly conduct, which is a misdemeanor:

(1) engages in brawling or fighting; or

(2) disturbs an assembly or meeting, not unlawful in its character; or

(3) engages in offensive, obscene, abusive, boisterous, or noisy conduct or in offensive, obscene, or abusive language tending reasonably to arouse alarm, anger, or resentment in others.

A person does not violate this section if the person's disorderly conduct was caused by an epileptic seizure.

Subd. 2. Repealed by Laws 1969, c. 226, § 1, eff. April 30, 1969.

Subd. 3. Caregiver; penalty for disorderly conduct. A caregiver, as defined in section 609.232, who violates the provisions of subdivision 1 against a vulnerable adult, as defined in section 609.232, may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than 364 days or to payment of a fine of not more than $3,000, or both.

Credits

Amended by Laws 1988, c. 689, art. 2, § 236; Laws 1991, c. 279, § 34; Laws 1994, c. 636, art. 2, § 46; Laws 1995, c. 229, art. 2, § 7; Laws 2023, c. 52, art. 6, § 16.

M. S. A. § 609.72, MN ST § 609.72

Current with legislation effective through Chapters 76 to 126, from the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details. The statutes are subject to change as determined by the Minnesota Revisor of Statutes. (These changes will be incorporated later this year.)

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