2013 Maine Revised Statutes
TITLE 17-A: MAINE CRIMINAL CODE
Chapter 21: OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER
17-A §502. Failure to disperse
Part 2: SUBSTANTIVE OFFENSES
502. Failure to disperse
1. When 6 or more persons are participating in a course of disorderly conduct likely to cause substantial harm or serious inconvenience, annoyance, or alarm, a law enforcement officer may order the participants and others in the immediate vicinity to disperse.
[ 1975, c. 499, 1 (NEW) .]
2. A person is guilty of failure to disperse if the person knowingly fails to comply with an order made pursuant to subsection 1 and:
A. The person is a participant in the course of disorderly conduct. Violation of this paragraph is a Class D crime; or [2001, c. 383, 64 (NEW); 2001, c. 383, 156 (AFF).]
B. The person is in the immediate vicinity of the disorderly conduct. Violation of this paragraph is a Class E crime. [2001, c. 383, 64 (NEW); 2001, c. 383, 156 (AFF).]
[ 2001, c. 383, 156 (AFF); 2001, c. 383, 64 (RPR) .]
SECTION HISTORY
1975, c. 499, 1 (NEW). 2001, c. 383, 64,64 (AMD). 2001, c. 383, 156 (AFF).
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