§ 54-403. Disturbing the peace.

(a)

Whoever commits the act of disturbing the peace shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, except as provided for in section 102-1 relative to juvenile warning citations.

(b)

Disturbing the peace is the intentional performance of any of the following acts:

(1)

To communicate to another person a threat, either verbally, in writing, or through any other form of communication; to kill or murder him or to do him great bodily harm, or threatening to kill, murder or do great bodily harm to members of his family, or to any other person when that person is in the immediate company of the person to whom the threat is communicated.

(2)

To address any words to any person who is lawfully in a public place where such words, which by their very utterance, inflict injury or have a direct tendency to cause acts of violence by the person to whom, individually, the remark is addressed.

(3)

To interrupt any lawful assembly of people by the use of words where such words, by their very utterance, inflict injury or have a direct tendency to cause acts of violence.

(4)

To address language to any person that makes reference to the person addressed as having sexual intercourse with himself or with another where such language inflicts injury, insults or causes acts of violence by the person to whom the language is addressed or is intended to inflict injury, insult or cause acts of violence.

(5)

To engage in a fistic encounter.

(6)

To act in a violent or tumultuous manner toward another whereby any person is placed in fear of safety of his life, limb or health.

(7)

To act in a violent or tumultuous manner toward another whereby the property of any person is placed in danger of being destroyed or damaged.

(Code 1956, § 42-77)

State law reference

Similar provisions, R.S. 14:103.