2004 Minnesota Statutes

     609.72 Disorderly conduct. 

    Subdivision 1.    Crime.  Whoever does any of the following in a 
 public or private place, including on a school bus, knowing, or 
 having reasonable grounds to know that it will, or will tend to, 
 alarm, anger or disturb others or provoke an assault or breach 
 of the peace, is guilty of disorderly conduct, which is a 
 misdemeanor: 

    (1) Engages in brawling or fighting; or 

    (2) Disturbs an assembly or meeting, not unlawful in its 
 character; or 

    (3) Engages in offensive, obscene, abusive, boisterous, or 
 noisy conduct or in offensive, obscene, or abusive language 
 tending reasonably to arouse alarm, anger, or resentment in 
 others.  

    A person does not violate this section if the person's 
 disorderly conduct was caused by an epileptic seizure. 

    Subd. 2.  Repealed, 1969 c 226 s 1 

    Subd. 3.    Caregiver; penalty for disorderly conduct.  
 A caregiver, as defined in section 609.232, who violates the 
 provisions of subdivision 1 against a vulnerable adult, as 
 defined in section 609.232, may be sentenced to imprisonment for 
 not more than one year or to payment of a fine of not more than 
 $3,000, or both. 

    HIST: 1963 c 753 art 1 s 609.72; 1967 c 242 s 1; 1971 c 23 s 
 71; 1988 c 689 art 2 s 236; 1991 c 279 s 34; 1994 c 636 art 2 s 
 46; 1995 c 229 art 2 s 7