{"data":{"id":"us-pa/18-pa.c.s.-5502","jurisdiction":"us-pa","citation":"18 Pa.C.S. § 5502","heading":"Failure of disorderly persons to disperse upon official order.","body":"Where three or more persons are participating in a course of disorderly conduct which causes or may reasonably be expected to cause substantial harm or serious inconvenience, annoyance or alarm, a peace officer or other public servant engaged in executing or enforcing the law may order the participants and others in the immediate vicinity to disperse. A person who refuses or knowingly fails to obey such an order commits a misdemeanor of the second degree.","path":["Title 18 - CRIMES AND OFFENSES","PART II DEFINITION OF SPECIFIC OFFENSES","ARTICLE F OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER AND DECENCY","CHAPTER 55 RIOT, DISORDERLY CONDUCT AND RELATED OFFENSES","SUBCHAPTER A DEFINITION OF OFFENSES GENERALLY"],"source_url":"https://www.palegis.us/statutes/consolidated/view-statute?txtType=HTM\u0026ttl=18\u0026div=0\u0026chpt=55\u0026sctn=2\u0026subsctn=0","current_through":"2026-08-31 (Statute Update stamp, 18 Pa.C.S.)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T16:31:28Z","sha256":"0e9605978297f53525c4861e7c266fe3774a1e0813f511f719e025d8808ae9e8","source_id":"us-pa","stale":false,"prev":"us-pa/18-pa.c.s.-5501","next":"us-pa/18-pa.c.s.-5503"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}