§ 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 2023 Regular Session and the 2023 First 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 March 21, 2024.

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