<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 22-18-35 - Disorderly conduct--Misdemeanor. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2047244Normal { text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2047244SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2047244CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2047244Normal-000000 { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2047244DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2047244Normal-000001 { margin-left: 0.70in; text-indent: -0.45in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2047244000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2047244SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2047244SCL-000003 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } body { text-decoration-skip-ink: none; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2047244Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=22-18-35"><span class="s2047244SENU">22-18-35</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047244SENU">. </span><span class="s2047244CL">Disorderly conduct--Misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047244Normal-000000"><span class="s2047244DefaultParagraphFont">Any person who intentionally causes serious public inconvenience, annoyance, or alarm to any other person, or creates a risk thereof by:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047244Normal-000001"><span class="s2047244DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    Engaging in fighting or in violent or threatening behavior;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047244Normal-000001"><span class="s2047244DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    Making unreasonable noise;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047244Normal-000001"><span class="s2047244DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    Disturbing any lawful assembly or meeting of persons without lawful authority; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047244Normal-000001"><span class="s2047244DefaultParagraphFont">(4)    Obstructing vehicular or pedestrian traffic;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047244Normal"><span class="s2047244DefaultParagraphFont">is guilty of disorderly conduct. Disorderly conduct is a Class 2 misdemeanor. However, if the defendant has been convicted of, or entered a plea of guilty to, three or more violations of this section, within the preceding ten years, the defendant is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor for any fourth or subsequent offense.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047244Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047244000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047244Normal"><span class="s2047244SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047244SCL-000003"> SDC 1939, §§ 13.1401, 13.1409, 13.1421; SDCL §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=22-13-2"><span class="s2047244SCL-000003">22-13-2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047244SCL-000003">, 22-13-3; SL 1976, ch 158, § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=13-1"><span class="s2047244SCL-000003">13-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047244SCL-000003">; SL 1984, ch 164; SDCL § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=22-13-1"><span class="s2047244SCL-000003">22-13-1</span></a><span class="s2047244SCL-000003">; SL 2005, ch 120, §§ 130, 131; SL 2007, ch 142, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html>