CHAPTER 131:  OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC PEACE
Section
   131.01   Disorder and disturbances
   131.02   Disorderly conduct
   131.03   Unlawful assembly
   131.04   Refusal to disperse or refrain from riot or unlawful assembly
   131.05   Loud and raucous noise
 
   131.99   Penalty
Editor’s Note:
   Enforcement of this chapter is through the Sheriff’s Office.
§ 131.01  DISORDER AND DISTURBANCES.
   The town shall have power to provide for keeping and preserving the peace and quietness of the town, to prevent disorderly conduct, to prohibit public intoxication, and to prevent and suppress riots, affrays, noises, disturbances, and disorderly assemblies in any place.
Statutory reference:
   General authority, see SDCL § 9-29-3
§ 131.02  DISORDERLY CONDUCT.
   Any person who intentionally causes serious public inconvenience, annoyance, or alarm to any other person, or creates a risk thereof is guilty of disorderly conduct by engaging in the following:
   (A)   Engaging in fighting or in violent or threatening behavior;
   (B)   Making unreasonable noise;
   (C)   Disturbing any lawful assembly or meeting of persons without lawful authority; or
   (D)   Obstructing vehicular or pedestrian traffic.
Penalty, see § 131.99
§ 131.03  UNLAWFUL ASSEMBLY.
   Any person who assembles with two or more persons for the purpose of engaging in conduct constituting riot or aggravated riot, or who, if being present at an assembly that either has or develops such a purpose, remains there with intent to advance that purpose is guilty of unlawful assembly.
Penalty, see § 131.99
§ 131.04  REFUSAL TO DISPERSE OR REFRAIN FROM RIOT OR UNLAWFUL ASSEMBLY.
   (A)   It is unlawful for any person to, during a riot or unlawful assembly, intentionally disobey a reasonable public safety order to move, disperse, or refrain from specified activities in the immediate vicinity of the riot.
   (B)   A PUBLIC SAFETY ORDER is an order designed to prevent or control disorder, or promote the safety of persons or property, issued by a law enforcement officer, or a member of the fire or military forces concerned with the riot or unlawful assembly.
Penalty, see § 131.99
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