[RSMo. §574.010]
A. 
A person commits the offense of peace disturbance if:
1. 
He/she unreasonably and knowingly disturbs or alarms another person or persons by:
a. 
Loud noise;
b. 
Offensive language addressed in a face-to-face manner to a specific individual and uttered under circumstances which are likely to produce an immediate violent response from a reasonable recipient;
c. 
Threatening to commit a felonious act against any person under circumstances which are likely to cause a reasonable person to fear that such threat may be carried out;
d. 
Fighting; or
e. 
Creating a noxious and offensive odor.
2. 
He/she is in a public place or on private property of another without consent and purposely causes inconvenience to another person or persons by unreasonably and physically obstructing:
a. 
Vehicular or pedestrian traffic; or
b. 
The free ingress or egress to or from a public or private place.
[RSMo. §574.020]
A. 
A person commits the offense of private peace disturbance if he/she is on private property and unreasonably and purposely causes alarm to another person or persons on the same premises by:
1. 
Threatening to commit a crime or offense against any person; or
2. 
Fighting.
[RSMo. §574.030]
For the purposes of Sections 210.210 and 210.215, the following words shall have the meanings set out herein:
PRIVATE PROPERTY
Any place which at the time is not open to the public. It includes property which is owned publicly or privately.
PROPERTY OF ANOTHER
Any property in which the actor does not have a possessory interest.
PUBLIC PLACE
Any place which at the time is open to the public. It includes property which is owned publicly or privately.
If a building or structure is divided into separately occupied units, such units are separate premises.
[Ord. No. 1474 §1, 9-13-2012]
A. 
A person shall be guilty of disorderly conduct if, with the purpose of causing public danger, alarm, disorder, nuisance, or if his conduct is likely to cause public danger, alarm, disorder or nuisance, he willfully does any of the following acts in a public place:
1. 
Commits an act in a violent and tumultuous manner toward another whereby that other is placed in danger of his life, limb or health;
2. 
Commits an act in a violent and tumultuous manner toward another whereby the property of any person is placed in danger of being destroyed or damaged;
3. 
Causes, provokes or engages in any fight, brawl or riotous conduct so as to endanger the life, limb, health, or property of another;
4. 
Interferes with another's pursuit of a lawful occupation by acts of violence;
5. 
Obstructs, either singly or together with other persons, the flow of vehicular or pedestrian traffic and refuses to clear such public way when ordered to do so by the City Police or other lawful authority known to be such;
6. 
Resists or obstructs the performance of duties by City Police or any other authorized official of the City, when known to be such an official;
7. 
Incites, attempts to incite, or is involved in attempting to incite a riot;
8. 
Addresses abusive language, obscene gestures, or threats to any member of the City Police Department, any other authorized official of the City who is engaged in the lawful performance of his duties, or any other person when such words have a direct tendency to cause acts of violence. Words merely causing displeasure, annoyance or resentment are not prohibited;
9. 
Damages, befouls, or disturbs public property or the property of another so as to create a hazardous, unhealthy, or physically offensive condition;
10. 
Makes or causes to be made any loud, boisterous and unreasonable noise or disturbance to the annoyance of any other persons nearby, or near to any public highway, road, street, lane, alley, park, square, or common, whereby the public peace is broken or disturbed, or the traveling public annoyed;
11. 
Fails to obey a lawful order to disperse by a Police Officer, when known to be such an official, where one (1) or more persons are committing acts of disorderly conduct in the immediate vicinity and the public health and safety is imminently threatened;
12. 
No person shall discharge a paint gun, throw any stone, brickbat, ball or missile or use a slingshot or other device to cause an object to be thrown, shot or slung toward another person(s) or property within the City without the prior consent of said person; nor shall any person use any of the above devices to cause any object to be thrown toward or propelled toward a moving vehicle within the City limits.
13. 
No person shall lay or cause to be laid or deposited upon any roadway any object which may damage a motor vehicle, in any way impair the driver's vision or startle the vehicle's operator.
B. 
Exemptions. This Section shall not be construed to suppress the right to lawful assembly, picketing, public speaking, or other lawful means of expressing public opinion not in contravention of other laws.
C. 
Definitions. The following words when used in this Section shall have the meanings set out herein:
INCITE A RIOT
Means, but is not limited to, urging or instigating other persons to riot, but shall not be deemed to mean the mere oral or written:
1. 
Advocacy of ideas; or
2. 
Expression of belief, not involving advocacy of any act or acts of violence or assertion of the rightness of, or the right to commit, any such act or acts.
PUBLIC PLACE
Any place to which the general public has access and a right to resort for business, entertainment, or other lawful purpose, but does not necessarily mean a place devoted solely to the uses of the public. It shall also include the front or immediate area of any store, shop, restaurant, tavern, or other place of business and also public grounds, area, or parks.
RIOT
A public disturbance involving:
1. 
An act or acts of violence by one (1) or more persons part of an assemblage of three (3) or more persons, which act or acts shall constitute a clear and present danger of, or shall result in, damage or injury to the property of any other person or to the person of any other individual; or
2. 
A threat or threats of the commission of an act or acts of violence by one (1) or more persons part of an assemblage of three (3) or more persons having, individually or collectively, the ability of immediate execution of such threat or threats, where the performance of the threatened act or acts of violence would constitute a clear and present danger of, or would result in, damage or injury to the property of any other person or to the person of any other individual.
D. 
Violation. Any person who violates the terms of this Section and either enters a plea of guilty or is found guilty of a violation of this Section shall, upon conviction, be fined no more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) or be imprisoned in the County Jail for up to ninety (90) days or by both fine and imprisonment.
[RSMo. §578.502, 2006]
A. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in picketing or other protest activities within three hundred (300) feet of or about any location at which a funeral is held, within one (1) hour prior to the commencement of any funeral, and until one (1) hour following the cessation of any funeral. Each day on which a violation occurs shall constitute a separate offense.
B. 
For the purposes of this Section, "funeral" means the ceremonies, processions and memorial services held in connection with the burial or cremation of the dead.
[RSMo. §574.040]
A person commits the offense of unlawful assembly if he/she knowingly assembles with six (6) or more other persons and agrees with such persons to violate any of the criminal laws of this State or of the United States with force or violence.
[RSMo. §574.050]
A person commits the offense of rioting if he/she knowingly assembles with six (6) or more other persons and agrees with such persons to violate any of the criminal laws of this State or of the United States with force or violence and thereafter, while still so assembled, does violate any of said laws with force or violence.
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Note — Under certain circumstances this offense can be a felony under state law.
[RSMo. §574.060]
A person commits the offense of refusal to disperse if, being present at the scene of an unlawful assembly or at the scene of a riot, he/she knowingly fails or refuses to obey the lawful command of a Law Enforcement Officer to depart from the scene of such unlawful assembly or riot.
A. 
Definition. The following term shall be defined as follows:
PUBLIC PLACE
Any place to which the general public has access and a right of resort for business, entertainment or other lawful purpose, but does not necessarily mean a place devoted solely to the uses of the public. It shall also include the front or immediate area of any store, shop, restaurant, tavern or other place of business and also public grounds, areas or parks.
B. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to stand or remain idle either alone or in consort with others in a public place in such manner so as to:
1. 
Obstruct any public street, public highway, public sidewalk or any other public place or building by hindering or impeding or tending to hinder or impede the free and uninterrupted passage of vehicles, traffic or pedestrians;
2. 
Commit in or upon any public street, public highway, public sidewalk or any other public place or building any act or thing which is an obstruction or interference to the free and uninterrupted use of property or with any business lawfully conducted by anyone in or upon or facing or fronting on any such public street, public highway, public sidewalk, or any other public place or building, all of which prevents the free and uninterrupted ingress, egress and regress, therein, thereon and thereto;
3. 
Obstruct the entrance to any business establishment, without so doing for some lawful purpose, if contrary to the expressed wish of the owner, lessee, managing agent or person in control or charge of the building or premises.
C. 
When any person causes or commits any of the conditions in this Section, a Police Officer or any Law Enforcement Officer shall order that person to stop causing or committing such conditions and to move on or disperse. Any person who fails or refuses to obey such orders shall be guilty of a violation of this Section.
[R.O. 2006 §215.100; CC 1986 §75.120]
A. 
A person commits the offense of vagrancy when he/she is:
1. 
Found loitering or strolling in, about or upon any street, alley or other public way or public place or at any public gathering or assembly or in or around any store, shop or business or commercial establishment or on any private property or place without lawful business and who upon being ordered to move on about his/her business fails to do so.
2. 
Found to occupy, lodge or sleep in any vacant or unoccupied barn, garage, shed, shop or other building or structure or in any automobile, truck, railroad car or other vehicle without owning the same or without permission of the owner or person entitled to the possession of the same or sleeping in any vacant lot during the hours of darkness and not giving a reasonable explanation for his/her behavior.
3. 
Found to be begging or going from door to door of private homes or commercial and business establishments or places himself/herself in or upon any public way or public place to beg or receive alms for his/her own use.