{"data":{"id":"us-mt/45-8-101","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"45-8-101","heading":"Disorderly conduct.","body":"(1) A person commits the offense of disorderly conduct if\nthe person knowingly disturbs the peace by:\n(a) quarreling, challenging to fight, or fighting;\n(b) making loud or unusual noises;\n(c) using threatening, profane, or abusive language;\n(d) rendering vehicular or pedestrian traffic impassable;\n(e) rendering the free ingress or egress to public or private places impassable;\n(f) disturbing or disrupting any lawful assembly or public meeting;\n(g) transmitting a false report or warning of a fire or other catastrophe in a place where its occurrence would endanger human life;\n(h) creating a hazardous or physically offensive condition by any act that serves no legitimate purpose; or\n(i) transmitting a false report or warning of an impending explosion in a place where its occurrence would endanger human life.\n(2) Except as provided in subsection (3), a person convicted of the offense of disorderly conduct shall be fined an amount not to exceed $100 or be imprisoned in the county jail for a term not to exceed 10 days, or both.\n(3) A person convicted of a violation of subsection (1)(i) shall be fined an amount not to exceed $1,000 or be imprisoned in the county jail for a term not to exceed 1 year, or both.","path":["TITLE 45. CRIMES","CHAPTER 8. OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER","Part 1. Conduct Disruptive of Public Order"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0450/chapter_0080/part_0010/section_0010/0450-0080-0010-0010.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:55:33Z","sha256":"6a42a8183b173541e55381012f86bf4c5c241472f4434adc27c08d2b271d7e37","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/45-7-601","next":"us-mt/45-8-102"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}