Title XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS Chapter 574 • Effective - 01 Jan 2017, 2 histories, see footnote 574.060. Refusal to disperse — penalty. — 1. 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 or 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. 2. The offense of refusal to disperse is a class C misdemeanor. -------- (L. 1977 S.B. 60, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491) Effective 1-01-17
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