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 Prince George County
 Code of Ordinances
 Chapter 54. OFFENSES AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

  § 54-16. Disorderly conduct in public places.  

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  • A person is guilty of disorderly conduct if, with the intent to cause public inconvenience, annoyance or alarm, or recklessly creating a risk thereof, he:

    (1)

    In any street, highway, public building, or while in or on a public conveyance, or public place engages in conduct having a direct tendency to cause acts of violence by the person or persons at whom, individually, such conduct is directed; or

    (2)

    Willfully or being intoxicated, whether willfully or not, and whether such intoxication results from self-administered alcohol or other drug of whatever nature, disrupts any meeting of the governing body of any political subdivision of this Commonwealth or a division or agency thereof, or of any school, literary society or place of religious worship, if the disruption (i) prevents or interferes with the orderly conduct of the meeting or (ii) has a direct tendency to cause acts of violence by the person or persons at whom, individually, the disruption is directed; or

    (3)

    Willfully or while intoxicated, whether willfully or not, and whether such intoxication results from self-administered alcohol or other drug of whatever nature, disrupts the operation of any school or any activity conducted or sponsored by any school, if the disruption (i) prevents or interferes with the orderly conduct of the operation or activity or (ii) has a direct tendency to cause acts of violence by the person or persons at whom, individually, the disruption is directed.

    However, the conduct prohibited under subsection (1), (2) or (3) of this section shall not be deemed to include the utterance or display of any words or to include conduct otherwise made punishable under this chapter.

    The person in charge of any such building, place, conveyance, meeting, operation or activity may eject therefrom any person who violates any provision of this section, with the aid, if necessary, of any persons who may be called upon for such purpose.

    A person violating any provision of this section shall be guilty of a class 1 misdemeanor.

    (Code 1988, § 8-16)

    State Law reference— Disorderly conduct in public places, Code of Virginia, § 18.2-415.

(Code 1988, § 8-16)

State law reference

Disorderly conduct in public places, Code of Virginia, § 18.2-415.