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CHAPTER 42. DISORDERLY CONDUCT AND RELATED OFFENSES. Sec. 42.01. DISORDERLY CONDUCT. (a) A person commits an offense if he intentionally or knowingly: (1) uses abusive, indecent, profane, or vulgar language in a public place, and the language by its very utterance tends to incite an immediate breach of the peace;
A court granting community supervision to a defendant convicted of an offense punishable as a state jail felony under Section 42.03, Penal Code, shall require as a condition of community supervision that the defendant submit to not less than 10 days of confinement in a county jail.
This web page lists the sections of Texas Penal Code Chapter 42, which covers various offenses related to public order and decency. You can access the full text of each section, as well as compare with other states and countries.
Learn what constitutes disorderly conduct in Texas and the possible consequences for violating the law. The web page lists 11 types of conduct that are prohibited, such as using abusive language, making offensive gestures, or exposing genitals in public.
Learn about the definition, elements, and penalties of disorderly conduct and related offenses in Texas. Find out what actions are considered disorderly, riot, or lewd conduct and how to defend against them.
Chapter 42 of the Texas Penal Code defines various offenses against public order and decency, such as riot, obstruction, false alarm, harassment, animal cruelty, and flag desecration. Browse the section headings and statutes on Casetext for free.
This web page provides the full text of Texas Penal Code Chapter 42, which covers various offenses related to disorderly conduct, such as riot, false alarm, harassment, animal cruelty, and flag desecration. It also includes definitions of terms used in the chapter and links to other chapters of the Texas Penal Code.
This web page contains the full text of Chapter 42 of the Texas Penal Code, which defines and regulates various types of disorderly conduct and related offenses. It covers topics such as abusive language, offensive gestures, unreasonable noise, lewd conduct, and firearm possession in public places.
Texas code is enacted as a part of the state's continuing statutory revision program, begun by the Texas Legislative Council in 1963 as directed by the legislature in Chapter 448, Acts of the 58th Legislature, Regular Session, 1963 Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes.
(a) A person adjudged guilty of an offense under this code shall be punished in accordance with this chapter and the Code of Criminal Procedure. (b) Penal laws enacted after the effective date of this code shall be classified for punishment purposes in accordance with this chapter.