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KRS 525.055

Disorderly conduct in the first degree

Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case McQueary v. Conway (2010)

Most recently applied in 165 F. Supp. 3d 563 - Woodcock v. City of Bowling Green (February 2016)

Effective: June 26, 2007 History: Amended 2007 Ky

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(1) A person is guilty of disorderly conduct in the first degree when he or she:

(a) In a public place and with intent to cause public inconvenience, annoyance, or alarm, or wantonly creating a risk thereof:

1. Engages in fighting or in violent, tumultuous, or threatening behavior;

2. Makes unreasonable noise; or 3. Creates a hazardous or physically offensive condition by any act that serves no legitimate purpose; and (b) Acts in a way described in paragraph (a) of this subsection within three hundred (300) feet of a:

1. Cemetery during a funeral or burial;

2. Funeral home during the viewing of a deceased person;

3. Funeral procession;

4. Funeral or memorial service; or 5. Building in which a funeral or memorial service is being conducted; and (c) Acts in a way described in paragraph (a) of this subsection at any point in time between one (1) hour prior to the commencement of an event specified in paragraph (b) of this subsection and one (1) hour following its conclusion; and (d) Knows that he or she is within three hundred (300) feet of an occasion described in paragraph (b) of this subsection.

(2) Disorderly conduct in the first degree is a Class A misdemeanor.

Official source: Kentucky General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Kentucky statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.