A person commits an assault when, without justification the person does any of the following:
A. Any act which is intended to cause pain or injury to, or which is intended to result in physical contact which will be insulting or offensive to another, coupled with the apparent ability to execute the act.
B. Any act which is intended to place another in fear of immediate physical contact which will be painful, injurious, insulting, or offensive, coupled with the apparent ability to execute the act.
C. Intentionally points any firearm toward another, or displays in a threatening manner any dangerous weapon toward another. (A person who commits an assault, as defined in this section with the intent to inflict serious injury upon another shall be guilty of an aggravated misdemeanor.) Provided, that where the person doing any of the above enumerated acts, and such other person, are voluntary participants in a sport, social or other activity, not in itself criminal, and such act is a reasonably foreseeable incident of such sport or activity, and does not create an unreasonable risk of serious injury or breach of the peace, the act shall not be an assault (see Chapter 2, Section 1.10 and Section 708.1, Code of Iowa).
For two or more persons voluntarily or by agreement to engage in any fight, or use any blows or violence towards each other in an angry or quarrelsome manner, in any public place, to the disturbance of others.
A person commits a simple misdemeanor when the person does any of the following (see Chapter 2, Section 1.30 or Section 723.4, Code of Iowa):
A. Engages in fighting/violent behavior in any public place or in/near any lawful assembly of person, provided that participants in athletic contests may engage in such conduct which is reasonably related to that sport.
B. Makes loud and raucous noise in the vicinity of any residence or hospital which causes unreasonable distress to the occupants thereof.
C. It shall be unlawful for any person to make or permit any disturbance, disturbance of peace, including any hollering, screaming, uses of profane language or fighting, loud music, in any house upon any premises owned, occupied or possessed by him, or of which he has control, as an agent or otherwise, in such a manner as to disturb the neighborhood, neighbors or person(s) passing in the streets. The proof of such acts shall form a rebuttable presumption that the same was done with the permission of the owner, occupant, or possessor.
D. Directs abusive epithets or makes any threatening gesture which the person knows or reasonably should know is likely to provoke a violent reaction by another.
E. Without lawful authority or color of authority, the person disturbs any lawful assembly or meeting of person(s) by conduct intended to disrupt the meeting or assembly.
F. By words or action, initiates or circulates a report or warning of fire, epidemic, or other catastrophe, knowing such report to be false or such warning to be baseless.
G. Knowingly and publicly uses the flag of the U.S. in such manner as to show disrespect for the flag as a symbol of the U.S., with the intent or reasonable expectation that such use will provoke or encourage another to commit a public offense.
H. Without authority or justification, the person obstructs any street, sidewalk, highway or other public way, with the intent to prevent or hinder its lawful use by others.
I. To use blasphemous or obscene language publicly, to the disturbance of the public peace and quiet.
J. Urinates or defecates in or upon any street, sidewalk, alley, public place or in any place open to public view; providing that this subsection shall not apply to restrooms or public facilities designated for such purposes.
Willfully to disturb any assembly of persons met for religious worship by profane discourse or rude and indecent behavior, or by making a noise, either within the place of worship or so near as to disturb the order and solemnity of the assembly, or willfully to disturb or interrupt any school, school meeting, literary society or other lawful assembly.
For three or more persons, in violent or tumultuous manner, to assemble together to do or attempt to do an unlawful act, or when together to do or attempt to do an unlawful act, or when together, to commit or attempt to commit an act, whether lawful or unlawful, in an unlawful violent or tumultuous manner to the disturbance of others (see Chapter 2, Section 1.28 or Section 723.2, Code of Iowa).
No driver of any motor vehicle shall operate or permit operation of any sound amplification system that can be heard outside the vehicle from seventy-five (75) or more feet away when the vehicle is being operated upon a highway, unless such system is being operated to request assistance or warn of a hazardous situation. This section does not apply to authorized emergency vehicles.
It shall be unlawful for any person to allow or permit in any house or upon any premises owned, occupied or controlled by him, any fighting or any loud or raucous noise.
a. No person shall knowingly smell or inhale the fumes of toxic vapors, whether synthetic or organic, for the purpose of causing a condition of euphoria, excitement, exhilaration, stupefaction or dulled senses of the nervous system. No person shall knowingly possess, buy or use any such substance for the purposes described in this subsection, nor shall any person knowingly aid any other person to use any such substance for the purposes described in this subsection. This subsection shall not apply to the inhalation of anesthesia or other substances for prescribed medical or dental purposes.
b. No person shall use an aerosol spray product or other inhalant that is not used pursuant to the instruction or prescription of a licensed healthcare provider, or that is not used pursuant to the manufacturer's label instructions, for the purposes described in subsection (a) of this section.
c. A person commits an offense if the person knowingly uses or possesses with intent to use inhalant paraphernalia to inhale, ingest or otherwise introduce a toxic vapor into the human body.