525.055 Disorderly conduct in the first degree.
(1)
(2)
A person is guilty of disorderly conduct in the first degree when he or she:
(a) In a public place and with intent to cause public inconvenience, annoyance, or
alarm, or wantonly creating a risk thereof:
1.
Engages in fighting or in violent, tumultuous, or threatening behavior;
2.
Makes unreasonable noise; or
3.
Creates a hazardous or physically offensive condition by any act that
serves no legitimate purpose; and
(b) Acts in a way described in paragraph (a) of this subsection within three
hundred (300) feet of a:
1.
Cemetery during a funeral or burial;
2.
Funeral home during the viewing of a deceased person;
3.
Funeral procession;
4.
Funeral or memorial service; or
5.
Building in which a funeral or memorial service is being conducted; and
(c) Acts in a way described in paragraph (a) of this subsection at any point in time
between one (1) hour prior to the commencement of an event specified in
paragraph (b) of this subsection and one (1) hour following its conclusion; and
(d) Knows that he or she is within three hundred (300) feet of an occasion
described in paragraph (b) of this subsection.
Disorderly conduct in the first degree is a Class A misdemeanor.
Effective: June 26, 2007
History: Amended 2007 Ky. Acts ch. 107, sec. 2, effective June 26, 2007. -- Created
2006 Ky. Acts ch. 50, sec. 1, effective March 27, 2006; and ch. 51, sec. 1, effective
March 27, 2006.
Legislative Research Commission Note (3/27/2006). This section was created by 2006
Ky. Acts ch. 50, sec. 1, and 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 51, sec. 1, which are substantially
identical and have been codified together.
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