Hallsville Peace Disturbance ordinance (§ 210.670)
Chapter 210: Offenses · Article V. Offenses Concerning Public Peace
In short: You can't knowingly and unreasonably disturb or alarm others with loud noise, face-to-face offensive language likely to provoke an immediate violent response, credible felony threats, fighting, or noxious odors, or purposely obstruct traffic or entrances in public places or on someone else's private property without consent.
Our plain-English summary, not the official text or legal advice. The ordinance below is what counts.
A. A person commits the offense of peace disturbance if he or she:
1. Unreasonably and knowingly disturbs or alarms another person or persons by:
a. Loud noise; or
b. Offensive language addressed in a face-to-face manner to a specific individual and uttered under circumstances which are likely to produce an immediate violent response from a reasonable recipient; or
c. Threatening to commit a felonious act against any person under circumstances which are likely to cause a reasonable person to fear that such threat may be carried out; or
d. Fighting; or
e. Creating a noxious and offensive odor.
2. Is in a public place or on private property of another without consent and purposely causes inconvenience to another person or persons by unreasonably and physically obstructing:
a. Vehicular or pedestrian traffic; or
b. The free ingress or egress to or from a public or private place.
Official source: City of Hallsville official Code of Ordinances (online), § 210.670
Last checked November 1, 2026. The city's official copy controls; this page is a reading copy, not legal advice.