New Hampshire Disorderly Conduct Laws

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What's Prohibited?

• Knowingly or purposefully creating a condition which is hazardous to yourself or another in a public place by any action which serves no legitimate purpose
• Engaging in fighting or in violent, tumultuous, or threatening behavior in a public place
• Directing at another person in a public place obscene, derisive, or offense words which are likely to provoke a violent reaction from an ordinary person
• Obstructing vehicular or pedestrian traffic on any public street, sidewalk, or the entrance to any building
• Engaging in conduct in a public place which substantially interferes with a criminal investigation, a firefighting operation, the provision of emergency medical treatment, or the provision of other emergency services for which traffic or pedestrian management is required
• Knowingly refusing to comply with the lawful order of a peace officer to move from or remain away from a public place, or
• Purposefully creating a breach of the peace, public inconvenience, annoyance or alarm, or recklessly creating a risk thereof by making loud or unreasonable noise, disrupting the orderly conduct of business at a public facility, or disrupting any lawful assembly or meeting of persons without lawful authority

Penalties