Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 13A-11-7 (2026)
Disorderly Conduct.
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(a) A person commits the crime of disorderly conduct if, with intent to cause public inconvenience, annoyance, or alarm, or recklessly creating a risk thereof, he or she does any of the following:
(1) Engages in fighting or in violent tumultuous or threatening behavior.
(2) Makes unreasonable noise.
(3) In a public place uses abusive or obscene language or makes an obscene gesture.
(4) Without lawful authority, disturbs any lawful assembly or meeting of persons.
(5) Obstructs vehicular or pedestrian traffic, or a transportation facility.
(6) Congregates with other person in a public place and refuses to comply with a lawful order of law enforcement to disperse.
(b) Disorderly conduct is a Class C misdemeanor.
(c) The mere carrying of a pistol, holstered or otherwise secured on or about one’s person, without brandishing the weapon, in a public place, in and of itself, is not a violation of this section. For purposes of this subsection, “brandishing” shall mean the waving, flourishing, displaying, or holding of an item in a manner that is threatening or would appear threatening to a reasonable person, with or without explicit verbal threat, or in a wanton or reckless manner.
(d) Nothing in Act 2013-283 shall be construed to prohibit law enforcement personnel who have reasonable suspicion from acting to prevent a breach of the peace or from taking action to preserve public safety.
(Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §5525; Act 2013-283, p. 938, §§2, 10; Act 2022-133, §1.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 86
cases (27 in the last 5 years), 1980–2026 · leading case: Brown v. City of Huntsville, Ala., 608 F.3d 724 (11th Cir. 2010).
Brown v. City of Huntsville, Ala., 608 F.3d 724 (11th Cir. 2010). “Ala.Code § 13A-11-7 (1975). Disorderly conduct is a Class C misdemeanor.”
Walker v. Briley, 140 F. Supp. 2d 1249 (N.D. Ala. 2001). “Walker admits that he voiced displeasure at being asked for identification and at allegedly being told to “shut up” after reporting that he felt “harassed.” Walker concedes that he may have also suggested racial bias on the part of the police.”
Mann v. Darden, 630 F. Supp. 2d 1305 (M.D. Ala. 2009). “Although he originally charged (and immediately dropped) disorderly conduct under 1975 Ala.Code § 13A-11-7, 7 Darden’s asserted explanations of his taser use suggest that he may have employed the taser because Mann refused to obey his orders or because Mann was physically…”
Walker v. City of Mobile, 508 So. 2d 1209 (Ala. Crim. App. 1987). “Steve Walker was convicted in the circuit court of Mobile County of disorderly conduct (Alabama Code 1975, § 13A-11-7(a)), and resisting arrest (§ 13A-10-41), and sentenced to ten days in jail.”
Rose v. Town of Jackson's Gap, 952 F. Supp. 757 (M.D. Ala. 1996). “When Sanders requested Rose leave the premises, she became argumentative and began to curse, and Sanders arrested her for disorderly conduct, pursuant to § 13A-11-7 of the Alabama Code (1995). Hence, the court finds that the Sanders’ actions were undertaken in performance of his…”
Thompson v. City of Clio, 765 F. Supp. 1066 (M.D. Ala. 1991). “See 1975 Code of Alabama § 13A-11-7. Nor does he argue that he removed Thompson’s tape machine on the order and by the authority of the mayor.”
Mitchell v. State, 887 So. 2d 1017 (Ala. Crim. App. 2004). “The majority, in its unpublished memorandum, states the facts as follows: "Lonnie Mitchell was convicted in the district court of Crenshaw County of disorderly conduct, § 13A-11-7, Ala.Code 1975. In pertinent part, the complaint filed against him charged the following: "`On or…”
Gargis v. State, 998 So. 2d 1092 (Ala. Crim. App. 2007). “Little Tony was convicted under count I of the indictment for what the trial court defined in its jury charge as the lesser offense of disorderly conduct, a violation of § 13A-11-7, Ala.Code 1975. He was convicted under count II of third-degree assault as charged in the…”
M.D. ex rel. Daniels v. Smith, 504 F. Supp. 2d 1238 (M.D. Ala. 2007). “” 1975 Ala.Code § 13A-11-7. It is clear that a student’s refusal to leave campus in this situation was likely to create public alarm.”
Redd v. City of Enter., 140 F.3d 1378 (11th Cir. 1998). “*1383 Ala.Code § 13A-11-7 (1994). The officers assert that they had probable cause to believe that Anderson was "mak[ing] unreasonable noise.”
Thompson v. City of Birmingham, 5 F. Supp. 3d 1304 (N.D. Ala. 2014). “She explicitly denies fighting, scratching, or creating tumult, and there is no assertion that she disrupted a public meeting or gathering or obstructed vehicle traffic.”
Lewis v. Blue, 774 F. Supp. 2d 1164 (M.D. Ala. 2011). “On the offense of disorderly conduct, 21 Alabama Code § 13A-11-7 provides in *1180 pertinent part: 22 (a) A person commits the crime of disorderly conduct if, with intent to cause public inconvenience, annoyance or alarm, or recklessly creating a risk thereof, [s]he: (1) Engages…”
Ala. Code § 13A-11-7(1): 1 case
Phillips v. City of Hanceville Alabama, No. 5:22-cv-00987 (N.D. Ala. July 8, 2025).
Ala. Code § 13A-11-7(2): 1 case
Phillips v. City of Hanceville Alabama, No. 5:22-cv-00987 (N.D. Ala. July 8, 2025).
Ala. Code § 13A-11-7(3): 1 case
Phillips v. City of Hanceville Alabama, No. 5:22-cv-00987 (N.D. Ala. July 8, 2025).
Ala. Code § 13A-11-7(5): 1 case
Junkins v. Dejong, No. 5:17-cv-00350 (N.D. Ala. Mar. 6, 2020).
Ala. Code § 13A-11-7(6): 1 case
Phillips v. City of Hanceville Alabama, No. 5:22-cv-00987 (N.D. Ala. July 8, 2025).
Ala. Code § 13A-11-7(a): 9 cases
Walker v. City of Mobile, 508 So. 2d 1209 (Ala. Crim. App. 1987). “Steve Walker was convicted in the circuit court of Mobile County of disorderly conduct (Alabama Code 1975, § 13A-11-7(a)), and resisting arrest (§ 13A-10-41), and sentenced to ten days in jail.”
Thomas v. State, 666 So. 2d 849 (Ala. Crim. App. 1993).
Moore v. Lambert, No. 5:21-cv-01271 (N.D. Ala. July 21, 2025).
Junkins v. Dejong, No. 5:17-cv-00350 (N.D. Ala. Mar. 11, 2022).
Wilson v. Ferguson, No. 2:18-cv-00205 (S.D. Ala. Mar. 21, 2019).
Ala. Code § 13A-11-7(a)(1): 10 cases
Walker v. City of Mobile, 508 So. 2d 1209 (Ala. Crim. App. 1987). “Steve Walker was convicted in the circuit court of Mobile County of disorderly conduct (Alabama Code 1975, § 13A-11-7(a)), and resisting arrest (§ 13A-10-41), and sentenced to ten days in jail.”
Nelson v. Lott, 330 F. Supp. 3d 1314 (N.D. Ala. 2018).
Mitchell v. State, 887 So. 2d 1017 (Ala. Crim. App. 2004). “The majority, in its unpublished memorandum, states the facts as follows: "Lonnie Mitchell was convicted in the district court of Crenshaw County of disorderly conduct, § 13A-11-7, Ala.Code 1975. In pertinent part, the complaint filed against him charged the following: "`On or…”
Ruffino v. City of Hoover, 891 F. Supp. 2d 1247 (N.D. Ala. 2012).
Thomas v. State, 666 So. 2d 849 (Ala. Crim. App. 1993).
Ala. Code § 13A-11-7(a)(2): 3 cases
Junkins v. Dejong, No. 5:17-cv-00350 (N.D. Ala. Mar. 11, 2022).
Reynolds v. Woodall, No. 1:21-cv-00649 (M.D. Ala. Sept. 13, 2024).
Reynolds v. Calhoun, No. 1:21-cv-00649 (M.D. Ala. Sept. 19, 2022).
Ala. Code § 13A-11-7(a)(3): 10 cases
Shinault v. City of Huntsville, 579 So. 2d 696 (Ala. Crim. App. 1991).
B.E.S. v. State, 629 So. 2d 761 (Ala. Crim. App. 1993).
Lewis v. Blue, 774 F. Supp. 2d 1164 (M.D. Ala. 2011). “On the offense of disorderly conduct, 21 Alabama Code § 13A-11-7 provides in *1180 pertinent part: 22 (a) A person commits the crime of disorderly conduct if, with intent to cause public inconvenience, annoyance or alarm, or recklessly creating a risk thereof, [s]he: (1) Engages…”
Conkle v. State, 677 So. 2d 1211 (Ala. Crim. App. 1996).
T.W. v. State, 665 So. 2d 987 (Ala. Crim. App. 1995).
Ala. Code § 13A-11-7(a)(5): 2 cases
Junkins v. Dejong, No. 5:17-cv-00350 (N.D. Ala. Mar. 11, 2022).
United States v. Antonez Terril Johnson, No. 17-13726 (11th Cir. Oct. 4, 2018).
Ala. Code § 13A-11-7(a)(6): 2 cases
Thurmond v. City of Huntsville, 904 So. 2d 314 (Ala. Civ. App. 2004).
Williams v. City of Athens, No. 5:21-cv-00510 (N.D. Ala. May 23, 2025).
Ala. Code § 13A-11-7(b): 4 cases
Reynolds v. Calhoun, No. 1:21-cv-00649 (M.D. Ala. Sept. 19, 2022).
Keith v. Chavis, No. 1:22-cv-00418 (M.D. Ala. Mar. 29, 2024).
Reynolds v. Woodall, No. 1:21-cv-00649 (M.D. Ala. Sept. 13, 2024).
Moore v. Lambert, No. 5:21-cv-01271 (N.D. Ala. July 21, 2025).
Ala. Code § 13A-11-7(c)(11): 1 case
Commonwealth v. Ethan Isert, No. 2381CR00217 (Mass. Super. Ct. Jan. 2, 2024).
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