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Updated: 
January 1, 2024

574.020. Private peace disturbance

1. A person commits the crime of private peace disturbance if he is on private property and unreasonably and pur-posely causes alarm to another person or persons on the same premises by:

(1) Threatening to commit a crime against any person; or

(2) Fighting.

2. Private peace disturbance is a class C misdemeanor.