9A.84.030 - Disorderly conduct. - Washington Statutes

Disorderly conduct.

(1) A person is guilty of disorderly conduct if the person:

     (a) Uses abusive language and thereby intentionally creates a risk of assault;

     (b) Intentionally disrupts any lawful assembly or meeting of persons without lawful authority;

     (c) Intentionally obstructs vehicular or pedestrian traffic without lawful authority; or

     (d)(i) Intentionally engages in fighting or in tumultuous conduct or makes unreasonable noise, within five hundred feet of:

     (A) The location where a funeral or burial is being performed;

     (B) A funeral home during the viewing of a deceased person;

     (C) A funeral procession, if the person described in this subsection (1)(d) knows that the funeral procession is taking place; or

     (D) A building in which a funeral or memorial service is being conducted; and

     (ii) Knows that the activity adversely affects the funeral, burial, viewing, funeral procession, or memorial service.

     (2) Disorderly conduct is a misdemeanor.

[2007 c 2 § 1; 1975 1st ex.s. c 260 § 9A.84.030.]

Notes: Effective date -- 2007 c 2: "This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and takes effect immediately [February 2, 2007]." [2007 c 2 § 2.]