{"data":{"id":"us-al/ala.-code-13a-11-7","jurisdiction":"us-al","citation":"Ala. Code § 13A-11-7","heading":"Disorderly Conduct.","body":"(a) A person commits the crime of disorderly conduct if, with intent to cause public inconvenience, annoyance, or alarm, or recklessly creating a risk thereof, he or she does any of the following:\n(1) Engages in fighting or in violent tumultuous or threatening behavior.\n(2) Makes unreasonable noise.\n(3) In a public place uses abusive or obscene language or makes an obscene gesture.\n(4) Without lawful authority, disturbs any lawful assembly or meeting of persons.\n(5) Obstructs vehicular or pedestrian traffic, or a transportation facility.\n(6) Congregates with other person in a public place and refuses to comply with a lawful order of law enforcement to disperse.\n(b) Disorderly conduct is a Class C misdemeanor.\n(c) The mere carrying of a pistol, holstered or otherwise secured on or about one’s person, without brandishing the weapon, in a public place, in and of itself, is not a violation of this section. For purposes of this subsection, “brandishing” shall mean the waving, flourishing, displaying, or holding of an item in a manner that is threatening or would appear threatening to a reasonable person, with or without explicit verbal threat, or in a wanton or reckless manner.\n(d) Nothing in Act 2013-283 shall be construed to prohibit law enforcement personnel who have reasonable suspicion from acting to prevent a breach of the peace or from taking action to preserve public safety.","path":["Title 13A Criminal Code.","Chapter 11 Offenses Against Public Order and Safety.","Article 1 Offenses Against Public Order and Decency."],"source_url":"https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama?section=13A-11-7","current_through":"Act 2026-611","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T14:01:52Z","sha256":"ed2d511fd4a451b0c7524cee586309498cea122f154a393c79ec4319ebb80eca","source_id":"us-al","stale":false,"prev":"us-al/ala.-code-13a-11-6","next":"us-al/ala.-code-13a-11-8"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}