Tennessee Statutes

§ 39-17-305 — Disorderly conduct

Tennessee·Title 39
(a)A person commits an offense who, in a public place and with intent to cause public annoyance or alarm:
(1)Engages in fighting or in violent or threatening behavior;
(2)Refuses to obey an official order to disperse issued to maintain public safety in dangerous proximity to a fire, hazard or other emergency; or (3) Creates a hazardous or physically offensive condition by any act that serves no legitimate purpose.
(b)A person also violates this section who makes unreasonable noise that prevents others from carrying on lawful activities.
(c)A violation of this section is a Class C misdemeanor.

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

Tennessee § 39-17-305 (Disorderly conduct) — published by Counsel Stack Legal Research, free access to 12M+ legal documents.

Related

State v. Creasy
885 S.W.2d 829 (Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, 1994)
204 case citations
State v. Moore
77 S.W.3d 132 (Tennessee Supreme Court, 2002)
51 case citations
State of Tennessee v. Teddy Ray Mitchell
343 S.W.3d 381 (Tennessee Supreme Court, 2011)
17 case citations
State v. Wilson
990 S.W.2d 726 (Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, 1998)
8 case citations
Cole v. Barnes
128 F. Supp. 3d 1002 (M.D. Tennessee, 2015)
1 case citations
Gray v. Shelby County Tennessee
(W.D. Tennessee, 2022)
Hayes v. White
(E.D. Tennessee, 2025)
Hembrook v. Seiber
(M.D. Tennessee, 2022)
Pryor v. Coffee County, TN
(E.D. Tennessee, 2022)
State of Tennessee v. Timothy Lewayne Morton
(Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, 2016)
State of Tennessee v. Timothy Whitby
(Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, 2024)
David Campbell v. City of Chattanooga
(Court of Appeals of Tennessee, 2019)
State of Tennessee v. John Christopher Schubert
(Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, 2021)
State of Tennessee v. Robert Edward Joffe
(Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, 2006)
State of Tennessee v. Dennis Haughton Webber
(Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, 2015)
State v. Woods
(Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, 1998)
Carruth v. City of Etowah
892 S.W.2d 833 (Court of Appeals of Tennessee, 1994)
State v. Edward I. Isibor
(Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, 1997)

Legislative History

Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 1.

Nearby Sections

15
View on official source ↗