Kansas City, MO Public Conduct: Loud Party Ordinance (2026)
Key Facts
- Trigger size
- 10+ people, residential property
- Incident threshold
- 3+ incidents in 24 hours
- Noise counts
- Violations under § 46-3–46-5(6)
- Enforcement
- Police-ordered immediate dispersal
- Max penalty
- 6 months jail or $1,000 fine
Summary
A residential gathering of ten or more people becomes a punishable "nuisance party" if police respond to three or more incidents, including noise violations, within 24 hours, and officers can order the crowd to disperse.
Nuisance party. A social gathering of ten or more people on residential property that results in or is associated with the occurrence, within any 24-hour period, of any three or more separate and distinct occurrences enumerated in the following subsections (3)a through (3)g...: a. Dispatch of police to the gathering due to any of the following alleged criminal acts...; ... e. Noise disturbances as defined by section 46-3, section 46-4 or section 46-5(6), Code of Ordinances are caused.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 139 | Zoning and Development Code: Supplement 38).
Full Breakdown
Kansas City Code § 50-174 defines a nuisance party as ten-plus people gathered on residential property tied to three or more incidents in a 24-hour span: police dispatches for crimes like assault or MIP, unlicensed alcohol sales, blocked traffic, cover charges, refusing entry to investigating officers, or noise violations under §§ 46-3 through 46-5(6). Once flagged, a Kansas City Missouri police officer can order everyone but the owner or tenant to disperse immediately.
Violations & Fines
Causing or permitting a gathering to become a nuisance party, or refusing to leave after a dispersal order, is punishable by up to six months' imprisonment, a fine up to $1,000, or both.
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