Montana § 45-8-101 Disorderly Conduct

Montana Statutes

§ 45-8-101 — Disorderly Conduct

Montana § 45-8-101

Title 45CRIMES

Ch. 8OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER

Part 1Conduct Disruptive of Public Order

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Bluebook

Mont. Code Ann. § 45-8-101 (2026).

Text

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

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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.

Legislative History

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; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 250, L. 2013; amd. Sec. 16, Ch. 321, L. 2017; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 372, L. 2019; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 767, L. 2023.