Minnesota § 609.72 DISORDERLY CONDUCT

Minnesota Statutes

§ 609.72 — DISORDERLY CONDUCT

Minnesota § 609.72

PartCRIMES; EXPUNGEMENT; VICTIMS

Ch. 609CRIMINAL CODE

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Bluebook

Minn. Stat. § 609.72 (2026).

Text

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. [See Note.] Subd. 2. [Repealed,1969 c 226 s 1] Subd. 3.Caregiver;

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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.
[See Note.]

Subd. 2.
[Repealed,1969 c 226 s 1]

Subd. 3.Caregiver; penalty for disorderly conduct.
A caregiver, as defined in section609.232, who violates the provisions of subdivision 1 against a vulnerable adult, as defined in section609.232, 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.

Legislative History

1963 c 753 art 1 s 609.72;1967 c 242 s 1;1971 c 23 s 71;1988 c 689 art 2 s 236;1991 c 279 s 34;1994 c 636 art 2 s 46;1995 c 229 art 2 s 7;2023 c 52 art 6 s 16