723.1  Riot.

A riot is three or more persons assembled together in a violent manner, to the disturbance of others, and with any use of unlawful force or violence by them or any of them against another person, or causing property damage. A person who willingly joins in or remains a part of a riot, knowing or having reasonable grounds to believe that it is such, commits an aggravated misdemeanor.

Section History: Early form

  [C51, § 2740, 2741, 2743; R60, § 4388, 4389, 4391; C73, § 4067, 4068, 4070; C97, § 5031, 5032, 5035; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 13340, 13341, 13347; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, § 743.2, 743.3, 743.9; C79, 81, § 723.1]


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