§ 11-13. Disorderly conduct.

Any person shall be guilty of an offense of disorderly conduct if he:

(1)

Acts in a violent or tumultuous manner toward another, whereby any person is placed in fear of safety for his life, limb or health;

(2)

Acts in a violent or tumultuous manner toward another, whereby public property or property of any other person is placed in danger of being destroyed or damaged;

(3)

Endangers lawful pursuits of another by acts of violence, angry threats and abusive conduct;

(4)

Causes, provokes or engages in any fight, brawl or riotous conduct so as to endanger the life, limb, health or property of another or public property;

(5)

Assembles or congregates with another or others for the purpose of causing, provoking or engaging in any fight or brawl;

(6)

Jostles or roughly crowds or pushes any person in any public place;

(7)

Collects in bodies or in crowds for unlawful purposes;

(8)

Assembles or congregates with another or others for the purpose of or with the intent to engage in gaming;

(9)

Frequents any public place with intent to obtain money from another by an illegal and fraudulent scheme, trick, artifice or device;

(10)

Assembles with another or others for the purpose of engaging in any fraudulent scheme, device or trick to obtain any valuable thing in any place or from any person in the town or aids or abets therein;

(11)

Utters, while in a state of anger, in the presence of another any lewd or obscene words or epithets;

(12)

Frequents any place where gaming or the illegal sale or possession of alcoholic beverages or narcotics or dangerous drugs is practiced, allowed or tolerated;

(13)

Acts in a dangerous manner toward others;

(14)

Uses "fighting words" directed towards any person who becomes outraged and thus creates turmoil;

(15)

Assembles or congregates with another or others for the purpose of doing bodily harm to another;

(16)

By acts of violence, interferes with another's pursuit of a lawful occupation;

(17)

Congregates with another or others in or on any public way so as to halt the flow of vehicular or pedestrian traffic and refuses to clear such public way when ordered to do so by a peace officer or other person having authority;

(18)

Damages, befouls or disturbs public property or the property of another so as to create a hazardous, unhealthy or physically offensive condition.

(Code 1967, § 16-7)

State law reference

Disorderly conduct at public buildings and grounds, G.S. § 14-132.

Cross reference

Disorderly conduct in poolrooms and billiard halls, § 17-161.