§ 26-16. Public intoxication or disruptive behavior.  


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  • It shall be unlawful for any person in a public place to be intoxicated and disruptive in any of the following ways:

    (1)

    Blocking or otherwise interfering with traffic on a highway or public vehicular area;

    (2)

    Blocking or lying across or otherwise preventing or interfering with access to or passage across a sidewalk or entrance to a building;

    (3)

    Grabbing, shoving, pushing or fighting others, or challenging others to fight;

    (4)

    Cursing or shouting at or otherwise rudely insulting others; or

    (5)

    Begging for money or other property.

(Code 1985, § 132.01)

State law reference

Public intoxication, G.S. 14-443 et seq.