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Wash. Rev. Code § 9A.84.030 (2026)

Disorderly conduct

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(1) A person is guilty of disorderly conduct if the person:
(a) Uses abusive language and thereby intentionally creates a risk of assault;
(b) Intentionally disrupts any lawful assembly or meeting of persons without lawful authority;
(c) Intentionally obstructs vehicular or pedestrian traffic without lawful authority; or
(d)(i) Intentionally engages in fighting or in tumultuous conduct or makes unreasonable noise, within five hundred feet of:
(A) The location where a funeral or burial is being performed;
(B) A funeral home during the viewing of a deceased person;
(C) A funeral procession, if the person described in this subsection (1)(d) knows that the funeral procession is taking place; or
(D) A building in which a funeral or memorial service is being conducted; and
(ii) Knows that the activity adversely affects the funeral, burial, viewing, funeral procession, or memorial service.
(2) Disorderly conduct is a misdemeanor.
[ 2007 c 2 s 1; 1975 1st ex.s. c 260 s 9A.84.030.]

Notes:

Effective date—2007 c 2: "This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and takes effect immediately [February 2, 2007]." [ 2007 c 2 s 2.]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 16 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1982–2024 · leading case: State v. Montgomery, 644 P.2d 747 (Wash. Ct. App. 1982).
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State v. Greene, 983 P.2d 1190 (Wash. Ct. App. 1999). · cites it 2× “” RCW 9A.84.030(1)(c). The stat *478 ute does not define “obstruct,” but Webster’s Third New International Dictionary defines the word as “to block up: stop up or close up.”
State v. Montgomery, 644 P.2d 747 (Wash. Ct. App. 1982). · cites it 2× “020(3); RCW 9A.84.030(1)(a) and (c); Davis v. Burgess, 54 Mich.”
Lee v. Jasman, 332 P.3d 1106 (Wash. Ct. App. 2014). “On September 30, 2009, Jasman pled guilty to the amended charge of disorderly conduct in violation of RCW 9A.84.030(l)(a), a misdemeanor. The court sentenced Jasman to one day in jail and imposed a fine of $500 and costs of $510.”
State v. Barron, 285 P.3d 231 (Wash. Ct. App. 2012). “” RCW 9A.84.030(l)(a) and (b) defines “disorderly conduct” as when a person “[u]ses abusive language and .”
State of Washington v. Dennis Wallace Patterson, 389 P.3d 612 (Wash. Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 6× “¶11 The disorderly conduct statute, RCW 9A.84.030, makes it a misdemeanor to engage in four proscribed forms of speech and/or conduct.”
State v. Yoakum, 638 P.2d 1264 (Wash. Ct. App. 1982). “— Defendant, Tom Yoakum, was charged with disorderly conduct in violation of RCW 9A.84.030. 1 This *875 charge was tried to the court sitting without a jury.”
State Of Washington, V Brenton Allen Smith (Wash. Ct. App. 2017). · cites it 3× “Intent Requirement Under RCW 9A.84.030(c), a person commits the misdemeanor crime of disorderly conduct when he “[i]ntentionally obstructs vehicular or pedestrian traffic without lawful authority.”
State Of Washington v. Robert Dagnon (Wash. Ct. App. 2019). “” RCW 9A.84.030(1)(a). “Speech, although vulgar and offensive, is protected by the first amendment to the United States Constitution.”
State Of Washington v. John Frederick Budig, Ii (Wash. Ct. App. 2020). “2d 1246 (1991) (“When an individual voluntarily approaches an officer and behaves in a manner that causes the officer a 3 Shining a laser into a moving vehicle may violate RCW 9A.84.030(1)(c) (disorderly conduct) and RCW 9A.”
State of Washington v. J.Y.A.-V. (Wash. Ct. App. 2021). “of being engaged in that crime at the time he activated his emergency lights and approached her.”
Johnson v. Clark Cnty. Sheriff (W.D. Wash. 2024). “He ultimately pleaded guilty to 5 one count of disorderly conduct in violation of RCW 9A.84.030, a misdemeanor. Id. at 6 71.”
Still v. City of Longview (W.D. Wash. 2024). “” RCW 9A.84.030(1)(b). Furthermore, “[a] person is guilty of obstructing a law 1 enforcement officer if the person willfully hinders, delays, or obstructs any law 2 enforcement officer in the discharge of his or her official powers or duties.”
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— Wash. Rev. Code § 9A.84.030(1)(a) — 3 cases
State v. Montgomery, 644 P.2d 747 (Wash. Ct. App. 1982). “020(3); RCW 9A.84.030(1)(a) and (c); Davis v. Burgess, 54 Mich.”
State Of Washington v. Robert Dagnon (Wash. Ct. App. 2019). “” RCW 9A.84.030(1)(a). “Speech, although vulgar and offensive, is protected by the first amendment to the United States Constitution.”
D. Angus Lee v. Jerry Jasman (Wash. Ct. App. 2014).
— Wash. Rev. Code § 9A.84.030(1)(b) — 1 case
Still v. City of Longview (W.D. Wash. 2024). “” RCW 9A.84.030(1)(b). Furthermore, “[a] person is guilty of obstructing a law 1 enforcement officer if the person willfully hinders, delays, or obstructs any law 2 enforcement officer in the discharge of his or her official powers or duties.”
— Wash. Rev. Code § 9A.84.030(1)(c) — 4 cases
State v. Greene, 983 P.2d 1190 (Wash. Ct. App. 1999). “” RCW 9A.84.030(1)(c). The stat *478 ute does not define “obstruct,” but Webster’s Third New International Dictionary defines the word as “to block up: stop up or close up.”
State Of Washington v. John Frederick Budig, Ii (Wash. Ct. App. 2020). “2d 1246 (1991) (“When an individual voluntarily approaches an officer and behaves in a manner that causes the officer a 3 Shining a laser into a moving vehicle may violate RCW 9A.84.030(1)(c) (disorderly conduct) and RCW 9A.”
State of Washington v. J.Y.A.-V. (Wash. Ct. App. 2021). “of being engaged in that crime at the time he activated his emergency lights and approached her.”
City of Seattle v. Wilson, 213 P.3d 636 (Wash. Ct. App. 2009).
— Wash. Rev. Code § 9A.84.030(2) — 2 cases
State v. Greene, 983 P.2d 1190 (Wash. Ct. App. 1999). “” RCW 9A.84.030(1)(c). The stat *478 ute does not define “obstruct,” but Webster’s Third New International Dictionary defines the word as “to block up: stop up or close up.”
In Re The Matter Of: J.h. v. State Of Washington (Wash. Ct. App. 2014).
— Wash. Rev. Code § 9A.84.030(c) — 1 case
State Of Washington, V Brenton Allen Smith (Wash. Ct. App. 2017). “Intent Requirement Under RCW 9A.84.030(c), a person commits the misdemeanor crime of disorderly conduct when he “[i]ntentionally obstructs vehicular or pedestrian traffic without lawful authority.”
— Wash. Rev. Code § 9A.84.030(l)(a) — 2 cases
Lee v. Jasman, 332 P.3d 1106 (Wash. Ct. App. 2014). “On September 30, 2009, Jasman pled guilty to the amended charge of disorderly conduct in violation of RCW 9A.84.030(l)(a), a misdemeanor. The court sentenced Jasman to one day in jail and imposed a fine of $500 and costs of $510.”
State v. Barron, 285 P.3d 231 (Wash. Ct. App. 2012). “” RCW 9A.84.030(l)(a) and (b) defines “disorderly conduct” as when a person “[u]ses abusive language and .”
— Wash. Rev. Code § 9A.84.030(l)(b) — 1 case
State of Washington v. Dennis Wallace Patterson, 389 P.3d 612 (Wash. Ct. App. 2016). “¶11 The disorderly conduct statute, RCW 9A.84.030, makes it a misdemeanor to engage in four proscribed forms of speech and/or conduct.”
— Wash. Rev. Code § 9A.84.030(l)(c) — 1 case
City of Seattle v. Wilson, 151 Wash. App. 624 (Wash. Ct. App. 2009).
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