Public Conduct in Murfreesboro, TN (2026)
5 verified public conduct rules for Murfreesboro, Tennessee, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
Verified from official government sources
Aggressive Panhandling
Murfreesboro bans aggressive panhandling, defined by acts like touching, blocking passage, or continuing after a refusal, plus solicitation near ATMs, crosswalks, and after dark.
Murfreesboro Aggressive Solicitation Ban
Significant RestrictionsMurfreesboro City Code § 21-5.3
"Aggressive manner" means and includes: (1) Intentionally or negligently making any physical contact with or touching another person in the course of a solicitation without the person's consent; (2) Approaching or following a person being solicited in a manner that is intended to or likely to cause a person to fear imminent bodily harm... (3) Continuing to solicit within 25 feet of the person b...
Skateboarding Rules
Murfreesboro bans skateboarding and roller-skating on every roadway citywide, and on sidewalks throughout the Central Business District, including the courthouse circle, City Center and the City Hall parking garage plaza.
Murfreesboro Skateboarding, Roller-Skating Ban
Significant RestrictionsMurfreesboro City Code § 32-305
(A)Skateboarding and roller skating is prohibited on any roadway.(B)Skateboarding and roller skating is prohibited upon any sidewalk in the Central Business District, including but not limited to, the courthouse inner circle, the City Center, and the plaza over the City parking garage at the new City Hall... the Central Business District is bounded on the east by Academy Street, on the south by...
Loud Party Ordinance
Murfreesboro fines hosts $250 for a first unruly gathering - a party where alcohol flows and noise disturbances, fireworks or similar misconduct break out - and $500 for a second within 12 months, with liability running to hosts, owners and parents.
Murfreesboro Unruly Gathering Ordinance
Some RestrictionsMurfreesboro City Code § 21-6(B), (C)(1)(a)
No person shall organize or host an unruly gathering if the person knows or reasonably should know that a gather of people is or could become an unruly gathering. ... A person who violates this section in addition to but separate from any criminal penalties and for remedial purposes only, shall be subject to a penalty of $250.00 as an administrative civil penalty for the purposes of partially s...
Jaywalking
Pedestrians crossing outside a crosswalk in Murfreesboro must yield to all vehicles, and between two signalized intersections they may not cross anywhere except in a marked crosswalk, per Code § 32-1102.
Murfreesboro Jaywalking, Mid-Block Crossing
Some RestrictionsMurfreesboro City Code § 32-1102
(A)Every pedestrian crossing a roadway at any point other than within a marked crosswalk or within an unmarked crosswalk at an intersection shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles upon the roadway.(B)Between adjacent intersections at which traffic control signals are in operation, pedestrians shall not cross at any place except in a marked crosswalk.(C)No pedestrian shall cross a roadway i...
Public Alcohol Use
Murfreesboro bans open containers of beer, wine, or other alcohol on public streets, sidewalks, parks, and school grounds unless a City or state permit specifically authorizes it.
Murfreesboro Open Container Ban
Significant RestrictionsMurfreesboro City Code § 4-91
It shall be unlawful for any person to serve, possess or consume beer, wine or other alcoholic beverage in any open container in or on any public street, sidewalk, right of way, park, school ground, or other public place or property unless said service, possession or consumption is specifically authorized by a permit or license issued by the City or State. These include but are not limited to l...
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