§ 13A-11-7 — Disorderly Conduct

Alabama § 13A-11-7

• Jurisdiction: Alabama
• Title 13A: Criminal Code
• Ch. 11: Offenses Against Public Order and Safety
• Art. 1: Offenses Against Public Order and Decency

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(a) A person commits the crime of disorderly conduct if, with intent to cause public inconvenience, annoyance, or alarm, or recklessly creating a risk thereof, he or she does any of the following:
(1) Engages in fighting or in violent tumultuous or threatening behavior.
(2) Makes unreasonable noise.
(3) In a public place uses abusive or obscene language or makes an obscene gesture.
(4) Without lawful authority, disturbs any lawful assembly or meeting of persons.
(5) Obstructs vehicular or pedestrian traffic, or a transportation facility.
(6) Congregates with other person in a public place and refuses to comply with a lawful order of law enforcement to disperse.
(b) Disorderly conduct is a Class C misdemeanor.
(c) The mere carrying of a pistol, holstered or otherwise secured on or about one’s person, without brandishing the weapon, in a public place, in and of itself, is not a violation of this section. For purposes of this subsection, “brandishing” shall mean the waving, flourishing, displaying, or holding of an item in a manner that is threatening or would appear threatening to a reasonable person, with or without explicit verbal threat, or in a wanton or reckless manner.
(d) Nothing in Act 2013-283 shall be construed to prohibit law enforcement personnel who have reasonable suspicion from acting to prevent a breach of the peace or from taking action to preserve public safety.

Legislative History

(Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §5525; Act 2013-283, p. 938, §§2, 10; Act 2022-133, §1.)