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Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 17, § 3953 (2026)

Disorderly conduct

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SECTION HISTORY
PL 1975, c. 499, §24 (RP).
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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases, 1967–1980 · leading case: State v. John W., 418 A.2d 1097 (Me. 1980).
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State v. John W., 418 A.2d 1097 (Me. 1980). · cites it 2× “The disorderly conduct statute then in force, 17 M.R.S.A. § 3953, made it an offense to “annoy or interfere with any person” by offensive language.”
State v. Good, 308 A.2d 576 (Me. 1973). · cites it 2× “The issues which the Defendant’s motion asks to be determined are whether the disorderly conduct statute, 17 M.R.S.A. § 3953, is unconstitutionally vague in violation of the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and whether it is unconstitutionally overbroad in…”
State v. Drake, 325 A.2d 52 (Me. 1974). · cites it 2× “On April 5, 1973 a complaint was issued from the District Court in Augusta charging the Defendant with a violation of 17 M.R.S.A. § 3953, the disorderly conduct statute.”
State v. Madden, 357 A.2d 516 (Me. 1976). · cites it 2× “A complaint filed in the District Court, District Three, Division of Southern Pen-obscot, under date of January 10, 1975, charged defendant Keith Madden with having violated 17 M.R.S.A. § 3953, the so-called “disorderly conduct” statute, 1 in that defendant “ .”
Bale v. Ryder, 290 A.2d 359 (Me. 1972). · cites it 2× “Admittedly, the plaintiff was arrested by the defendant without a warrant for a violation of 17 M.R.S.A. § 3953, which provides : “Any person who shall by any offensive or disorderly conduct, act or language annoy or interfere with any person in any place or with the passengers…”
State v. Allen, 235 A.2d 529 (Me. 1967). “17 M.R.S.A. § 3953 provides that: “Any person who shall by any offensive or disorderly conduct, act or language annoy or interfere with any person in any place * * *, although such conduct, act or language may not amount to an assault or battery, is guilty of a breach of the…”
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