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2025 Vermont Statutes
Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Chapter 19 - Breach of the Peace; Disturbances
§ 1026. Disorderly conduct

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13 VT Stats § 1026
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§ 1026. Disorderly conduct

(a) A person is guilty of disorderly conduct if the person, with intent to cause public inconvenience or annoyance, or recklessly creates a risk thereof:

(1) engages in fighting or in violent, tumultuous, or threatening behavior;

(2) makes unreasonable noise;

(3) in a public place, uses abusive or obscene language;

(4) without lawful authority, disturbs any lawful assembly or meeting of persons; or

(5) obstructs vehicular or pedestrian traffic.

(b) A person who is convicted of disorderly conduct shall be imprisoned for not more than 60 days or fined not more than $500.00, or both. A person who is convicted of a second or subsequent offense under this section shall be imprisoned for not more than 120 days or fined not more than $1,000.00, or both.

(c) As used in this section:

(1) “Disturbs any lawful assembly or meeting of persons” means conduct that substantially impairs the effective conduct of an assembly or meeting, including conduct that:

(A) causes an assembly or meeting to terminate prematurely; or

(B) consists of numerous and sustained efforts to disrupt an assembly or meeting after being asked to desist.

(2) “Meeting” includes a meeting of a public body, as those terms are defined in 1 V.S.A. § 310. (Amended 1971, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 5, eff. April 5, 1972; 2013, No. 150 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 2025, No. 51, § 5, eff. June 9, 2025.)

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