CHAPTER 12 - OFFENSES INVOLVING CONDUCT
Section 12-1 Disorderly Conduct
12-1.01 Disorderly Conduct. Any person who shall engage in fighting or other violent behavior in a public
place; or who shall be disruptive of any public place; or who, because of unreasonable noise, abusive
language to any person present, or because of his creation of an offensive or physically hazardous condition,
disrupts any public or religious assembly; or who shall appear upon any public road or street, or in any or
upon any public place or conveyance, in an indecent, drunken, or maudlin manner shall be deemed guilty of
an offense; and upon conviction thereof shall be sentenced to a period of confinement not to exceed 30
days, or ordered to pay a fine not to exceed $100, or both jail sentence and fine, and costs.
Section 12-2 Maintaining a Public Nuisance
12-2.01 Maintaining a Public Nuisance. Any person who, through his personal conduct, or who permits his
property to deteriorate into such a condition as to injure or endanger the safety, health, comfort or property
of his neighbor or who shall conduct or hold any public dance, games or contests and allow such activities to
become of such a condition as to injure or endanger the safety, health, morals, comfort or property of the
public in general shall be deemed guilty of an offense and upon conviction thereof, shall be sentenced to a
period of confinement not to exceed 60 days or ordered to pay a fine of not to exceed $200, or both jail
sentence and fine and costs, or, at the discretion of the trial Judge, may be ordered to abate or correct the
nuisance or offensive condition of his property and a violation of such order or orders shall itself constitute
an offense punishable by identical penalties.
Legislative History-Adopted 07/05/06, Resolu. 2006-478
Section 12-3 Unlawful Assembly
12-3.01 Unlawful Assembly.
(a) Whenever 3 or more persons:
(1) Assemble with the intent:
A. to commit any unlawful act by force; or
B. to carry out any purpose in such manner as to disturb the public peace; or
(2) Being assembled, shall attempt to threaten any act which creates a present danger or
imminent violence, breach of the peace, or injury to persons or property, or the
commission of any unlawful act by force, such assembly is unlawful, and every person
participating therein by his presence, aid or instigation, shall be deemed guilty of an
offense and, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to a period of confinement not to
exceed 90 days or to pay a fine not to exceed $300, or both jail sentence and fine, and
costs.
(b) Every person who shall remain present at the place of an unlawful assembly after having been
warned to disburse by a Court or Indian Police, unless such person is a Tribal official or is acting
to assist such official at his request, to disburse the assembly to protect persons and property, or
to arrest offenders, shall be deemed guilty of an offense and, upon conviction, shall be
sentenced to confinement for a period not to exceed 10 days, or to pay a fine not to exceed
$450, or both jail sentence and fine, and costs.
Section 12-4 False Alarm
12-4.01 False Alarms. Any person who shall knowingly cause the transmission of any false emergency alarm
to, or within, any individual, agency or organization impressed with the duty of dealing with emergencies
involving danger to life and property shall be deemed guilty of an offense and upon conviction thereof shall
be sentenced to a period of confinement not to exceed 30 days or ordered to pay a fine of not to exceed
$100, or both jail sentence and fine, and costs.
Section 12-5 Weapons Discharge
12-5.01 Weapons Discharge. Any person who shall willfully discharge any firearm or other deadly weapon,
or throw any deadly missile in a public place, or in any place where any person might be
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Revised Spokane Law & Order Code, 5/14/2013