Hindering Proceedings by Disorderly Conduct

From the Law Office of Alison Grinter in Dallas, Texas

1 Degree
2 Statute(s)
3 Caselaw
4 Collateral Consequences
5 Notes

Degree

Hindering proceedings by Disorderly Conduct is a class A misdemeanor.

Statute(s)

§ 38.13. HINDERING PROCEEDINGS BY DISORDERLY CONDUCT.
(a) A person commits an offense if he intentionally hinders an official proceeding by noise or violent or tumultuous behavior or disturbance.
(b) A person commits an offense if he recklessly hinders an official proceeding by noise or violent or tumultuous behavior or disturbance and continues after explicit official request to desist.
(c) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.

Added by Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 833, ch. 399, § 1, eff. Jan. 1,
1974. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 900, § 1.01, eff.
Sept. 1, 1994.