45-8-101. Disorderly conduct.
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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.