MARYLAND DISORDERLY CONDUCT DEFENSE ATTORNEYS

DEFENDING CLIENTS CHARGED WITH DISORDERLY CONDUCT IN MARYLAND

If you are accused of creating a disturbance in any public place in Maryland and as a result of that disturbance, you or someone else acts violently, then you may be charged with disorderly conduct in Maryland. The Maryland law offices of SRIS, P.C. have a number of excellent Maryland disorderly conduct defense attorneys in its offices in Rockville and Annapolis. For more information or to make an appointment with SRIS, P.C., please call, send an e-mail or complete the on-line form.

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The following is what the Maryland Code on disorderly Conduct states:

MARYLAND DISORDERLY CONDUCT DEFENSE

MD Code, Criminal Law,§ 10-201. Disturbing the public peace and disorderly conduct

Definitions
(a)(1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.
(2)(i) "Public conveyance" means a conveyance to which the public or a portion of the public has access to and a right to use for transportation.
(ii) "Public conveyance" includes an airplane, vessel, bus, railway car, school vehicle, and subway car.
(3)(i) "Public place" means a place to which the public or a portion of the public has access and a right to resort for business, dwelling, entertainment, or other lawful purpose.
(ii) "Public place" includes:
1. a restaurant, shop, shopping center, store, tavern, or other place of business;
2. a public building;
3. a public parking lot;
4. a public street, sidewalk, or right-of-way;
5. a public park or other public grounds;
6. the common areas of a building containing four or more separate dwelling units, including a corridor, elevator, lobby, and stairwell;
7. a hotel or motel;
8. a place used for public resort or amusement, including an amusement park, golf course, race track, sports arena, swimming pool, and theater;
9. an institution of elementary, secondary, or higher education;
10. a place of public worship;
11. a place or building used for entering or exiting a public conveyance, including an airport terminal, bus station, dock, railway station, subway station, and wharf; and
12. the parking areas, sidewalks, and other grounds and structures that are part of a public place.

Construction of section

(b) For purposes of a prosecution under this section, a public conveyance or a public place need not be devoted solely to public use.

Prohibited

(c)(1) A person may not willfully and without lawful purpose obstruct or hinder the free passage of another in a public place or on a public conveyance.
(2) A person may not willfully act in a disorderly manner that disturbs the public peace.
(3) A person may not willfully fail to obey a reasonable and lawful order that a law enforcement officer makes to prevent a disturbance to the public peace.
(4) A person who enters the land or premises of another, whether an owner or lessee, or a beach adjacent to residential riparian property, may not willfully:
(i) disturb the peace of persons on the land, premises, or beach by making an unreasonably loud noise; or
(ii) act in a disorderly manner.
(5) A person from any location may not, by making an unreasonably loud noise, willfully disturb the peace of another:
(i) on the other's land or premises;
(ii) in a public place; or
(iii) on a public conveyance.
(6) In Worcester County, a person may not build a bonfire or allow a bonfire to burn on a beach or other property between 1 a.m. and 5 a.m.

Penalty

(d) A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 60 days or a fine not exceeding $500 or both.

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