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Section 13A-11-6 Failure of Disorderly Persons to Disperse

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Alabama Code › Title 13A › Chapter 11 › Section 13A-11-6

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(a) A person commits the crime of failure of a disorderly person to disperse if he participates with five or more other persons in a course of disorderly conduct likely to cause substantial harm or serious inconvenience, annoyance or alarm, and intentionally refuses or fails to disperse when ordered to do so by a peace officer or other public servant lawfully engaged in executing or enforcing the law.

(b) Failure of a disorderly person to disperse is a Class B misdemeanor.

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