Q: What can you be charged for with A public nuisance citation?
A:
Pretty much any conduct can be charged under the public nuisance statute. The statute contains really broad language and so law enforcement can charge pretty much any conduct as a public nuisance if it offends or annoys another. The full text of the statute is as follows:
Whoever by an act or failure to perform a legal duty intentionally does any of the following is guilty of maintaining a public nuisance, which is a misdemeanor:
(1) maintains or permits a condition which unreasonably annoys, injures or endangers the safety, health, morals, comfort, or repose of any considerable number of members of the public; or
(2) interferes with, obstructs, or renders dangerous for passage, any public highway or right-of-way, or waters used by the public; or
(3) is guilty of any other act or omission declared by law to be a public nuisance and for which no sentence is specifically provided.
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