---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 C.F.R. § 261.4"
title: "36"
number: "261.4"
heading: "Disorderly conduct."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/36/261.4"
---

# §261.4. Disorderly conduct.


The following are prohibited when committed intentionally to cause, or recklessly to create a substantial risk of causing, public alarm, nuisance, jeopardy, or violence:

- (a) **Engaging in fighting or any threatening or other violent behavior.**
- (b) Making an utterance or performing an act that is obscene or threatening or that is made or performed in a manner that is likely to inflict injury or incite an immediate breach of peace.
- (c) Making noise that is unreasonable considering the nature and purpose of the conduct, location, and time.

## Notes

### Amendments

[89 FR 92815, Nov. 25, 2024]

### Authority

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1011(f); 16 U.S.C. 460l-6d, 472, 551, 620(f), 1133(c)-(d)(1), 1246(i).

### Source

Source: 42 FR 2957, Jan. 14, 1977, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[89 FR 92815, Nov. 25, 2024]