[CH14] Offenses Against Public Order and Decency

[14] [01] Disorderly Conduct

Info: A person commits an offense if one intentionally or knowingly:

1. Uses abusive, indecent, profane, or vulgar language in a public place, and the language by its very utterance tends to incite an immediate breach of the peace.
2. Makes an offensive gesture or display in a public place, and the gesture or display tends to incite an immediate breach of the peace.
3. Creates, by chemical means, a noxious and unreasonable order in a public place.
4. Makes unreasonable noise in a public place or in or near a private residence that one has no right to occupy.
5. Fights with another in a public place.
6. Discharges a firearm in a public place other than a public highway.
7. Displays a firearm or other deadly weapon in a place in a manner calculated to alarm.
8. Exposes genitals in a public place and is reckless about whether another may be present who will be offended or alarmed by the act.

Jail Time: 50 Seconds

Fine: $3,250

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[14] [02] Riot

Info: Riot means the assemblage of seven or more persons resulting in conduct which:

1. Creates an immediate danger of damage to property or injury to persons.
2. Substantially obstructs law enforcement or other governmental functions.
3. By force, threat of force, or physical action deprives any person of a legal right or disturbs any person in the enjoyment of a legal right.

Jail Time: 80 Seconds

Fine: $4,500

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[14] [03] False Alarm or Report

Info: An offense is committed when one communicates a report of a present, past, or future bombing, fire, or other emergency that one knows is a false that would ordinarily:

1. Cause action to be taken by an official or volunteer agency organized to deal with emergencies.
2. Place a person in fear of imminent serious bodily injury.
3. Prevent or interrupt the occupation of a building, room, place of assembly, or aircraft, automobile, or any other mode of conveyance.

Jail Time: 40 Seconds

Fine: $2,500

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[14] [04] Cruelty to Animals

Info: A person commits an offense if one intentionally or knowingly:

1. Tortures or seriously overworks an animal.
2. Fails unreasonably to provide necessary food, care, or shelter for an animal in ones custody.
3. Abandons unreasonably an animal in ones custody.
4. Transports or confines an animal in a cruel manner.
5. Kills or injures an animal without legal authority or the owner's effective consent, or causes one animal to fight with another.

Animal is considered a domesticated living creature and wild living creature previously captured.

Jail Time: 45 Seconds

Fine: $5,000