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Question: What is disturbing the peace?
Answer: In Arizona, the is no crime of 'disturbing the peace.' There is the crime of Disorderly Conduct, which is probably the closest crime in Arizona to disturbing the peace.
Disorderly Conduct is governed by Arizona Law (ARS 13-2904). A person commits disorderly conduct if he/she engages in fighting or disruptive behavior, makes unreasonable noise or uses abusive/offensive language or gestures in a manner likely to provoke immediate physical retaliation. Violation of one of these is a class one misdemeanor punishable by no more than six months in jail and a $2500 fine. Disorderly conduct can also be the reckless handling, display or discharge of a deadly weapon (like a gun) or a dangerous instrument (like a knife). Violation of this is a class 6 felony, punishable by six months in prison up to 2 years in prison and a fine not to exceed $100,000.
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On 12/03/08
ken't from Othr said:
...i find this site very helpful to those people who were abused or should i say until now they are being abused by someone or a group of people who are acting such things (distubing of peace like, they make some noise every night most specially when they're indrunk and throwi'n bottles infront of the house)..what are some possibile actions to be taken by the victims with this kind of abuse???
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On 12/30/06
Mary from AZ said:
Our neighbors son has been trying, without success to install a car alarm. He's been working on it for a couple weeks now, and every few minutes it goes off. There's no peace and quiet with this thing blasting away. Yesterday our adult daughter yelled at him to knock it off as she worked late and needed some sleep. It is very irritating and there should be a law against such things. Question is, is there a law against such things.
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On 07/12/02
Claudette from NY said:
What a great site! I found it looking for local info. Right now for the third summer my house is noisy, 3 air conditioners, a dryer and a dishwasher and a very load tv being played by my husband. We live on a corner of a busy, noisy 4 lane street half a block from the Expressway. Sometimes we have noise of kids doing wheelies up the road on there motorbikes way over the speed limit.Two house down is a hall that is rented on the weekends for parties, once in a while the music is too loud but it stops and as long as they don't make alot of noise and leave cans on my lawn because they had to par
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On 05/30/02
Mike from TX said:
<< why punish us? we are just trying to have a little fun. just cause we are loud, drunk, violent, or just annoying doesnt mean they should punish us... >>
Your right to do any of those things ends when it steps on anyone else's rights. Having a little fun is fine. When your fun, though, keeps someone awake, then they have a right to complain ... though I agree that calling the police because someone is being loud or annoying is a bit overboard.
If someone is drunk ... depends on how drunk they are and what they're doing. If they're puking on someone else's porch, that's bad. If they're
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On 03/05/02
maggot_6(sic)6 from AZ said:
why punish us? we are just trying to have a little fun. just cause we are loud, drunk, violent, or just annoying doesnt mean they should punish us...
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