{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-5-71-207","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 5-71-207","heading":"Disorderly conduct","body":"(a) A person commits the offense of disorderly conduct if, with the purpose to cause public inconvenience, annoyance, or alarm or recklessly creating a risk of public inconvenience, annoyance, or alarm, he or she: (1) Engages in fighting or in violent, threatening, or tumultuous behavior; (2) Makes unreasonable or excessive noise; (3) In a public place, uses abusive or obscene language, or makes an obscene gesture, in a manner likely to provoke a violent or disorderly response; (4) Disrupts or disturbs any lawful assembly or meeting of persons; (5) Obstructs vehicular or pedestrian traffic; (6) Congregates with two (2) or more other persons in a public place and refuses to comply with a lawful order to disperse of a law enforcement officer or other person engaged in enforcing or executing the law; (7) Creates a hazardous or physically offensive condition; (8) In a public place, mars, defiles, desecrates, or otherwise damages a patriotic or religious symbol that is an object of respect by the public or a substantial segment of the public; or (9) In a public place, exposes his or her private parts. (b) Disorderly conduct is a Class C misdemeanor. Acts 1975, No. 280, § 2908; A.S.A. 1947, § 41-2908; Acts 2007, No. 827, § 93.\n\n(a) A person commits the offense of disorderly conduct if, with the purpose to cause public inconvenience, annoyance, or alarm or recklessly creating a risk of public inconvenience, annoyance, or alarm, he or she: (1) Engages in fighting or in violent, threatening, or tumultuous behavior; (2) Makes unreasonable or excessive noise; (3) In a public place, uses abusive or obscene language, or makes an obscene gesture, in a manner likely to provoke a violent or disorderly response; (4) Disrupts or disturbs any lawful assembly or meeting of persons; (5) Obstructs vehicular or pedestrian traffic; (6) Congregates with two (2) or more other persons in a public place and refuses to comply with a lawful order to disperse of a law enforcement officer or other person engaged in enforcing or executing the law; (7) Creates a hazardous or physically offensive condition; (8) In a public place, mars, defiles, desecrates, or otherwise damages a patriotic or religious symbol that is an object of respect by the public or a substantial segment of the public; or (9) In a public place, exposes his or her private parts.\n\n(1) Engages in fighting or in violent, threatening, or tumultuous behavior;\n\n(2) Makes unreasonable or excessive noise;\n\n(3) In a public place, uses abusive or obscene language, or makes an obscene gesture, in a manner likely to provoke a violent or disorderly response;\n\n(4) Disrupts or disturbs any lawful assembly or meeting of persons;\n\n(5) Obstructs vehicular or pedestrian traffic;\n\n(6) Congregates with two (2) or more other persons in a public place and refuses to comply with a lawful order to disperse of a law enforcement officer or other person engaged in enforcing or executing the law;\n\n(7) Creates a hazardous or physically offensive condition;\n\n(8) In a public place, mars, defiles, desecrates, or otherwise damages a patriotic or religious symbol that is an object of respect by the public or a substantial segment of the public; or\n\n(9) In a public place, exposes his or her private parts.\n\n(b) Disorderly conduct is a Class C misdemeanor.","path":["AR Code","Title 5","Chapter 71","Subchapter 2"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_ar_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:41Z","sha256":"68eb01a2ab118c73088088b901f4ecbe9854611447239ec7c9eaf519bf021f71","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-5-71-206","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-5-71-208"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}