Quincy, MA Public Conduct: Loitering Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Fine
- $200 per offense
- Location scope
- parks, reservations, City land
- Covers
- loitering, accosting, profane language
- Chapter
- 230, Peace and Good Order
- Last amended
- June 1, 2020
Summary
Quincy, Massachusetts (Norfolk County) fines loitering, accosting others, disturbing the peace, or using profane language on public parks, reservations, or City-owned land $200 per offense.
No person shall accost or annoy persons, or disturb the peace, or loiter or address another person with profane or obscene language in any public park, public reservation or City-owned land in the City. The penalty for violation of this section shall be $200 per offense.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4608810; v7 updated 2025-10-06; through 10-06-2025).
Full Breakdown
Quincy Municipal Code § 230-6 makes it unlawful to accost or annoy persons, disturb the peace, loiter, or address another person with profane or obscene language in any public park, public reservation, or City-owned land. A violation carries a $200 fine per offense. The section sits in Chapter 230, Peace and Good Order, alongside related bans on disorderly conduct and peeping, and was last amended by Order No. 2020-012 on June 1, 2020. It applies specifically to public parks, reservations, and City-owned land in Quincy, Massachusetts, not to private property or ordinary city streets.
Violations & Fines
Loitering, disturbing the peace, or using profane language in a Quincy park or on City-owned land carries a $200 fine per offense under § 230-6(B).
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