Kentucky Revised Statutes

Ky. Rev. Stat. § 525.060 (2026)

Disorderly conduct in the second degree

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(1) A person is guilty of disorderly conduct in the second degree when in a public place and with intent to cause public inconvenience, annoyance, or alarm, or wantonly creating a risk thereof, he: (a) Engages in fighting or in violent, tumultuous, or threatening behavior; (b) Makes unreasonable noise; (c) Refuses to obey an official order to disperse issued to maintain public safety in dangerous proximity to a fire, hazard, or other emergency; or (d) Creates a hazardous or physically offensive condition by any act that serves no legitimate purpose. (2) Disorderly conduct in the second degree is a Class B misdemeanor. Effective: March 27, 2006 History: Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 50, sec. 2, effective March 27, 2006; and ch. 51, sec. 2, effective March 27, 2006. -- Created 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 406, sec. 216, effective January 1, 1975. Legislative Research Commission Note (3/27/2006). This section was amended by 2006 Ky. Acts chs. 50 and 51, which are identical and have been codified together.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 24 cases (11 in the last 5 years), 1994–2026 · leading case: Commonwealth v. Jones, 880 S.W.2d 544 (Ky. 1994).

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Commonwealth v. Jones, 880 S.W.2d 544 (Ky. 1994). · cites it 16× “The disorderly conduct statute, KRS 525.060, provides as follows: 525.060 Disorderly conduct (1) A person is guilty of disorderly conduct when in a public place and with intent to cause public inconvenience, annoyance or alarm, or wantonly creating a risk thereof, he: (a)…”

City of Chicago v. Morales, 527 U.S. 41 (1999). · cites it 2× “720, § 5/251(e) (1998); Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§ 525.060 , 525.160 (Baldwin 1990); Me.”

Woosley v. City of Paris, 591 F. Supp. 2d 913 (E.D. Ky. 2008). · cites it 4× “For the purposes of KRS 525.060, however a public place includes “other portions of apartment houses and hotels not constituting rooms or apartments designed for actual residence.”

Chris Hartman v. Jeremy Thompson, 931 F.3d 471 (6th Cir. 2019). “We see no error in the district court's conclusion that Defendants had probable cause to believe DeVries had failed or would fail to disperse. The undisputed evidence is that DeVries failed to comply immediately with Defendants' order.”

Pulley v. Commonwealth, 481 S.W.3d 520 (Ky. Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 4× “KRS 525.060 requires “public” alarm.. Public is der fined in KRS 525.”

Perdue v. Commonwealth, 411 S.W.3d 786 (Ky. Ct. App. 2013). · cites it 2× “This charge was amended to a Class B misdemeanor under KRS 525.060 at the beginning of trial. . We note that the final judgment incorrectly states that Perdue was convicted of first-degree disorderly conduct rather than second-degree disorderly conduct.”

Nails v. Riggs, 195 F. App'x 303 (6th Cir. 2006). “Ky. Rev. Stat. § 525.060 cmt. (emphasis added).”

Clark v. Kentucky, 229 F. Supp. 2d 718 (E.D. Ky. 2002). ““A person is guilty of disorderly conduct when in a public place and with intent to cause public inconvenience, annoyance or alarm, or wantonly creating a risk thereof, he: (a) Engages in fighting or in violent, tumultuous or threatening behavior; or (b) Makes unreasonable…”

Rowe v. Commonwealth, 50 S.W.3d 216 (Ky. Ct. App. 2001). “KRS 525.060 (Disorderly conduct is a Class B misdemeanor).”

Gonzalez v. Lusardi, 930 F. Supp. 2d 840 (E.D. Ky. 2013). “§ 525.060, A person is guilty of disorderly conduct in the second degree when in a public place and with intent to cause public inconvenience, annoyance, alarm, or wantonly creating a risk thereof, he: (a) Engages in fighting or in violent, tumultuous, or threatening behavior;…”

Keith Rose v. Commonwealth of Kentucky (Ky. Ct. App. 2026). · cites it 20× “4 Disorderly conduct 2 is governed by KRS 525.060, which provides: (1) A person is guilty of disorderly conduct in the second degree when in a public place and with intent to cause public inconvenience, annoyance, or alarm, or wantonly creating a risk thereof, he: (a) Engages in…”

Poe v. Commonwealth, 201 S.W.3d 37 (Ky. Ct. App. 2006). “KRS 525.060. 4 . The indictment states that "when having no[] right to do so or any reasonable ground to believe he had such right, he intentionally or wantonly defaced, destroyed or damaged property of the Kentucky State Police causing a pecuniary loss of $1000.”

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— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 525.060(1) — 6 cases

Woosley v. City of Paris, 591 F. Supp. 2d 913 (E.D. Ky. 2008). “For the purposes of KRS 525.060, however a public place includes “other portions of apartment houses and hotels not constituting rooms or apartments designed for actual residence.”

Perdue v. Commonwealth, 411 S.W.3d 786 (Ky. Ct. App. 2013). “This charge was amended to a Class B misdemeanor under KRS 525.060 at the beginning of trial. . We note that the final judgment incorrectly states that Perdue was convicted of first-degree disorderly conduct rather than second-degree disorderly conduct.”

Keith Rose v. Commonwealth of Kentucky (Ky. Ct. App. 2026). “4 Disorderly conduct 2 is governed by KRS 525.060, which provides: (1) A person is guilty of disorderly conduct in the second degree when in a public place and with intent to cause public inconvenience, annoyance, or alarm, or wantonly creating a risk thereof, he: (a) Engages in…”

Troy Scheffler v. Alex Lee (6th Cir. 2018).

— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 525.060(1)(a) — 1 case

— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 525.060(1)(b) — 2 cases

Commonwealth v. Jones, 880 S.W.2d 544 (Ky. 1994). “The disorderly conduct statute, KRS 525.060, provides as follows: 525.060 Disorderly conduct (1) A person is guilty of disorderly conduct when in a public place and with intent to cause public inconvenience, annoyance or alarm, or wantonly creating a risk thereof, he: (a)…”

— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 525.060(1)(c) — 1 case

— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 525.060(1)(d) — 3 cases

Maxie (W.D. Ky. 2026).

— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 525.060(a) — 1 case

Gibson v. McCreary Cnty., Kentucky (E.D. Ky. 2022).

— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 525.060(c) — 1 case

Troy Scheffler v. Alex Lee (6th Cir. 2018).

— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 525.060(l)(a) — 1 case

Pulley v. Commonwealth, 481 S.W.3d 520 (Ky. Ct. App. 2016). “KRS 525.060 requires “public” alarm.. Public is der fined in KRS 525.”

— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 525.060(l)(b) — 1 case

— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 525.060(l)(d) — 1 case

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