Section 45-8-101 - Disorderly conduct(1) A person commits the offense of disorderly conduct if the person knowingly disturbs the peace by:
(a) quarreling, challenging to fight, or fighting;(b) making loud or unusual noises;(c) using threatening, profane, or abusive language;(d) rendering vehicular or pedestrian traffic impassable;(e) rendering the free ingress or egress to public or private places impassable;(f) disturbing or disrupting any lawful assembly or public meeting;(g) transmitting a false report or warning of a fire or other catastrophe in a place where its occurrence would endanger human life;(h) creating a hazardous or physically offensive condition by any act that serves no legitimate purpose; or(i) transmitting a false report or warning of an impending explosion in a place where its occurrence would endanger human life.(2) Except as provided in subsection (3), a person convicted of the offense of disorderly conduct shall be fined an amount not to exceed $100 or be imprisoned in the county jail for a term not to exceed 10 days, or both.(3) A person convicted of a violation of subsection (1)(i) shall be fined an amount not to exceed $1,000 or be imprisoned in the county jail for a term not to exceed 1 year, or both.Amended by Laws 2023, Ch. 767,Sec. 1, eff. 10/1/2023.Amended by Laws 2019, Ch. 372,Sec. 2, eff. 10/1/2019.Amended by Laws 2017, Ch. 321,Sec. 16, eff. 7/1/2017.Amended by Laws 2013, Ch. 250, Sec. 1, eff. 10/1/2013.En. 94-8-101 by Sec. 1, Ch. 513, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 94-8-101; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 508, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 415, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 1693, Ch. 56, L. 2009.