12.1-31 Miscellaneous Offenses

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CHAPTER 12.1-31MISCELLANEOUS OFFENSES12.1-31-01. Disorderly conduct.1.An individual is guilty of a class B misdemeanor if, with intent to harass, annoy, or<br>alarm another person or in reckless disregard of the fact that another person is<br>harassed, annoyed, or alarmed by the individual's behavior, the individual:a.Engages in fighting, or in violent, tumultuous, or threatening behavior;b.Makes unreasonable noise;c.In a public place, uses abusive or obscene language, knowingly exposes that<br>individual's penis, vulva, or anus, or makes an obscene gesture;d.Obstructs vehicular or pedestrian traffic or the use of a public facility;e.Persistently follows a person in or about a public place or places;f.While loitering in a public place for the purpose of soliciting sexual contact, the<br>individual solicits the contact;g.Creates a hazardous, physically offensive, or seriously alarming condition by<br>any act that serves no legitimate purpose; orh.Engages in harassing conduct by means of intrusive or unwanted acts, words,<br>or gestures that are intended to adversely affect the safety, security, or privacy<br>of another person.2.This section does not apply to constitutionally protected activity.If an individualclaims to have been engaged in a constitutionally protected activity, the court shall<br>determine the validity of the claim as a matter of law and, if found valid, shall<br>exclude evidence of the activity.12.1-31-01.1. Disorderly conduct at a funeral - Penalty.1.For purposes of this section:a.&quot;Funeral&quot; means the ceremonies, rituals, processions, and memorial services<br>held at a funeral site in connection with the burial, cremation, or memorial of a<br>deceased individual.b.&quot;Funeral site&quot; means a church, synagogue, mosque, funeral home, mortuary,<br>cemetery, gravesite, mausoleum, or other place at which a funeral is conducted<br>or is scheduled to be conducted within the next hour or has been conducted<br>within the last hour.2.An individual is guilty of disorderly conduct at a funeral if the individual:a.Engages, with knowledge of the existence of a funeral site, in any loud singing,<br>playing of music, chanting, whistling, yelling, or noisemaking within three<br>hundred feet [91.44 meters] of any ingress or egress of that funeral site if the<br>volume of the singing, music, chanting, whistling, yelling, or noisemaking is<br>likely to be audible at and disturbing to the funeral site; orb.Displays, with knowledge of the existence of a funeral site and within three<br>hundred feet [91.44 meters] of any ingress or egress of that funeral site, anyPage No. 1visual images that convey fighting words or actual or veiled threats against any<br>other individual.3.Disorderly conduct at a funeral is a class B misdemeanor. A second or subsequent<br>violation of this section is a class A misdemeanor.12.1-31-02. Engaging in or financing criminal usury business.1.A person is guilty of a class C felony if he knowingly engages in, or directly or<br>indirectly provides financing for, the business of making extensions of credit at such<br>a rate of interest that repayment or performance of any promise given in<br>consideration thereof is unenforceable through civil judicial process in this state.2.Knowledge of unenforceability shall be presumed, in the case of a person engaging<br>in the business, if any of the following exist, and in the case of a person directly or<br>indirectly providing financing, if he knew any of the following:a.It is an offense to charge, take, or receive interest at the rate involved.b.The rate of interest charged, taken, or received is fifty or more per centum<br>greater than the maximum enforceable rate of interest.c.The rate of interest involved exceeds forty-five per centum per annum or the<br>equivalent rate for a longer or shorter period.3.Unless otherwise provided by law, the rate of interest is to be calculated according to<br>the actuarial method of allocating payments made on a debt between principal and<br>interest, pursuant to which a payment is applied first to the accumulated interest and<br>the balance is applied to the unpaid principal.4.It is a defense to a prosecution under this section that the defendant was licensed or<br>otherwise authorized by the United States or by any state government to engage in<br>the business of making extensions of credit.5.In this section:a.An &quot;extension of credit&quot; means any loan, or any agreement, tacit or express,<br>whereby the repayments or satisfaction of any debt, whether acknowledged or<br>disputed, valid or invalid, and however arising, may or will be deferred.b.&quot;Debtor&quot; means any person to whom an extension of credit is made, or who<br>guarantees the repayment of that extension of credit, or in any manner<br>undertakes to indemnify the creditor against loss resulting from the failure of<br>any person to whom that extension of credit is made to repay the same.c.The repayment of any extension of credit includes the repayment, satisfaction,<br>or discharge in whole or in part of any debt or claim, acknowledged or disputed,<br>valid or invalid, resulting from or in connection with that extension of credit.12.1-31-03. Sale of tobacco to minors and use by minors prohibited.1.It is an infraction for any person to sell or furnish to a minor, or procure for a minor,<br>cigarettes, cigarette papers, cigars, snuff, or tobacco in any other form in which it<br>may be utilized for smoking or chewing. As used in this subsection, &quot;sell&quot; includes<br>dispensing from a vending machine under the control of the actor.2.It is a noncriminal offense for a minor to purchase, possess, smoke, or use<br>cigarettes, cigars, cigarette papers, snuff, or tobacco in any other form in which it<br>may be utilized for smoking or chewing. However, an individual under eighteenPage No. 2years of age may purchase and possess tobacco as part of a compliance survey<br>program when acting with the permission of the individual's parent or guardian and<br>while acting under the supervision of any law enforcement authority.A stateagency, city, county, board of health, tobacco retailer, or association of tobacco<br>retailers may also conduct compliance surveys, after coordination with the<br>appropriate local law enforcement authority.3.It is a noncriminal offense for a minor to present or offer to another individual a<br>purported proof of age which is false, fraudulent, or not actually the minor's own<br>proof of age, for the purpose of attempting to purchase or possess cigarettes, cigars,<br>cigarette papers, snuff, or tobacco in any other form in which it may be utilized for<br>smoking or chewing.4.A city or county may adopt an ordinance or resolution regarding the sale of tobacco<br>to minors and use of tobacco by minors which includes prohibitions in addition to<br>those in subsection 1, 2, or 3. Any ordinance or resolution adopted must include<br>provisions deeming a violation of subsection 2 or 3 a noncriminal violation and must<br>provide for a fee of not less than twenty-five dollars for a minor fourteen years of age<br>or older who has been charged with an offense under subsection 2 or 3. The failure<br>to post a required bond or pay an assessed fee by an individual found to have<br>violated the ordinance or resolution is punishable as a contempt of court, except a<br>minor may not be imprisoned for the contempt.5.A minor fourteen years of age or older found to have violated subsection 2 or 3 must<br>pay a fee of twenty-five dollars.a.Any individual who has been cited for a violation of subsection 2 or 3 may<br>appear before a court of competent jurisdiction and pay the fee by the time<br>scheduled for a hearing, or if bond has been posted, may forfeit the bond by not<br>appearing at the scheduled time. An individual appearing at the time scheduled<br>in the citation may make a statement in explanation of that individual's action<br>and the judge may waive, reduce, or suspend the fee or bond, or both. If the<br>individual cited follows the procedures of this subdivision, that individual has<br>admitted the violation and has waived the right to a hearing on the issue of<br>commission of the violation. The bond required to secure appearance before<br>the court must be identical to the fee. This subdivision does not allow a citing<br>officer to receive the fee or bond.b.If an individual cited for a violation of subsection 2 or 3 does not choose to<br>follow the procedures provided under subdivision a, that individual may request<br>a hearing on the issue of the commission of the violation cited. The hearing<br>must be held at the time scheduled in the citation or at some future time, not to<br>exceed ninety days later, set at that first appearance. At the time of a request<br>for a hearing on the issue on commission of the violation, the individual cited<br>shall deposit with the court an appearance bond equal to the fee for the<br>violation cited.c.The failure to post bond or to pay an assessed fee is punishable as a contempt<br>of court, except a minor may not be imprisoned for the contempt.6.The prosecution must prove the commission of a cited violation under subsection 2<br>or 3 by a preponderance of the evidence.7.A law enforcement officer that cites a minor for violation of this section shall mail a<br>notice of the violation to the parent or legal guardian of the minor within ten days of<br>the citation.8.A person adjudged guilty of contempt for failure to pay a fee or fine may be<br>sentenced by the court to a sanction or order designed to ensure compliance withPage No. 3the payment of the fee or fine or to an alternative sentence or sanction including<br>community service.12.1-31-03.1. Vending machines prohibited - Penalty.1.It is an infraction for any person to sell or furnish cigarettes, cigarette papers, cigars,<br>snuff, or tobacco in any other form in which it may be utilized for smoking or chewing<br>through a vending machine, except as provided in subsection 2.2.Subsection 1 does not apply to:a.A vending machine that is located in an area in which minors are not permitted<br>access; orb.A vending machine that dispenses cigarettes, cigarette papers, cigars, snuff, or<br>tobacco in any other form in which it may be utilized for smoking or chewing<br>through the operation of a device that requires a salesperson to control the<br>dispensation of such product.3.It is an infraction for any person to sell or furnish cigarettes, cigarette papers, cigars,<br>snuff, or tobacco in any other form in which it may be utilized for smoking or chewing<br>through any vending machine, if those products are placed together with any<br>nontobacco product, other than matches, in the vending machine.12.1-31-04. Manufacture, sale, or delivery of paraphernalia - Definitions - Penalty.Repealed by S.L. 1981, ch. 160, </p> <BR></DIV><!-- /.col.one --><!-- /.col.two --></DIV><!-- /.col.main --></DIV><!-- /div id = content --> <BR class=clear></DIV> <!-- /div id = livearea --> <DIV></DIV><!-- /.col.one --> <DIV></DIV><!-- /.col.main --> <DIV></DIV><!-- /#content --><BR class=clear> <DIV></DIV><!-- /#livearea --> <!-- Footer--> <DIV id=footer> <DIV class=container> <P class=copyright>Copyright &copy; 2012-2022 Laws9.Com All rights reserved. </P><!-- /.copyright --> <P class=footerlinks><A href="/contactus.html">Contact Us</A> | <A href="/aboutus.html">About Us</A> | <A href="/terms.html">Terms</A> | <A href="/privacy.html">Privacy</A></P><!-- /.footerlinks --> </DIV><!-- /.container --> </DIV><!-- /footer --> </BODY></HTML>