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Idaho Code § 18-6409

Disturbing the peace

Applied in 7 court decisions — leading case County of Lewis v. Allen (1998)

Most recently applied in State v. Poe (March 2004)

I.C., § 18-6409, as added by 1972, ch. 336, § 1, p. 844; am. 1972, ch. 381, § 14, p. 1102; am. 1994, ch. 167, § 4, p. 374; am. 2007, ch. 130, § 1, p. 387.

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(1) Every person who maliciously and willfully disturbs the peace or quiet of any neighborhood, family or person, by loud or unusual noise, or by tumultuous or offensive conduct, or by threatening, traducing, quarreling, challenging to fight or fighting, or fires any gun or pistol, or uses any vulgar, profane or indecent language within the presence or hearing of children, in a loud and boisterous manner, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

(2) Every person who maliciously and willfully disturbs the dignity or reverential nature of any funeral, memorial service, funeral procession, burial ceremony or viewing of a deceased person is guilty of a misdemeanor.

Current official text: Idaho Statutes (Idaho Legislature). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Idaho statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.