{"data":{"id":"us-me/17-a-m.r.s.-502","jurisdiction":"us-me","citation":"17-A M.R.S. §502","heading":"Failure to disperse","body":"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.\n2.   A person is guilty of failure to disperse if the person knowingly fails to comply with an order made pursuant to subsection 1 and:\nA.  The person is a participant in the course of disorderly conduct.  Violation of this paragraph is a Class D crime; or\nB.  The person is in the immediate vicinity of the disorderly conduct.  Violation of this paragraph is a Class E crime.\n3.","path":["TITLE 17-A: MAINE CRIMINAL CODE","PART 2: SUBSTANTIVE OFFENSES","CHAPTER 21: OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER"],"source_url":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/17-A/title17-Asec502.html","current_through":"January 1, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:28Z","sha256":"64ffdb2bcba4ca79d5200c8d89629ae2ab950971ed0bfd1c03e9180b66a39a26","source_id":"us-me","stale":false,"prev":"us-me/17-a-m.r.s.-501-a","next":"us-me/17-a-m.r.s.-503"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}