public urination

In Austria, public urination is penalized as an indecency offense. In Vienna, a fine of up to 700 euros can be imposed.[https://oeklo.at/zurueckhalten-oder-wildpinkeln-fehlende-toiletten-kommen-teuer Zurückhalten oder Wildpinkeln: Fehlende Toiletten kommen teuer.], on oeklo.at, 2022

File:Maison-Guitte-with-relief.jpg

In Paris, a fine of 68 euros was introduced in 2017. A total of 5,381 men and a few women were fined.[https://www.morgenpost.de/vermischtes/article214051749/Plan-gegen-Pipi-So-macht-Paris-Jagd-auf-Wildpinkler.html Plan gegen Pipi: So macht Paris Jagd auf Wildpinkler ]

Public urination is considered an administrative offense under § 118 of the Ordnungswidrigkeitengesetz, classified as a "public nuisance": “Whoever commits a grossly improper act that is likely to harass or endanger the public and disturb public order.” The amount of the fine depends on the penalty catalogues of local authorities.ARAG: [https://www.arag.de/rechtsschutzversicherung/privatrechtsschutz/wildpinkeln-strafe/ Wildpinkeln: Strafen fürs Urinieren in der Öffentlichkeit.] 2022

Some municipalities increase fines for specific occasions, such as Carnival, Oktoberfest, or other public celebrations.[https://anwaltverein.de/de/newsroom/nr-03-15-blasendruck-an-karneval-wildpinkeln-kann-bis-zu-5-000-euro-kosten%3Ffile%3Dfiles/anwaltverein.de/downloads/newsroom/pressemitteilungen/verbraucher/2015/03-15-Wildpinkeln.pdf Blasendruck an Karneval? – Wildpinkeln kann bis zu 5.000 Euro kosten.] 2015

In some cases, public urination can be classified as public indecency, which is a criminal offense under § 183a of the German Criminal Code: {{"|Whoever publicly engages in sexual acts and thereby intentionally or knowingly causes offense shall be punished with imprisonment of up to one year or a fine, unless the act is punishable under § 183."}}

Minors under the age of 14 are not criminally responsible and can only be reprimanded.

In one case, a man who urinated on a beach at night in July 2022 was acquitted in 2023 by the Lübeck Court because he was only vaguely visible and no one felt harassed:[https://openjur.de/u/2476325.html AG Lübeck, Urteil vom 29. Juni 2023 – 83a OWi 739 Js 4140/23 jug.] {{"|Since no harassment of the public can be based on shame, contamination, or odor, the act is protected by the general freedom of action under Article 2, Paragraph 1 of the German Constitution and is ultimately a natural human behavior. Humans under the vast sky have no fewer rights than a deer in the forest, a hare in the field, or a seal on the shore of the Baltic Sea."}}

In the Netherlands, public urination in undesignated places is called "wildplassen." The fine for this offense is 140 euros.[https://www.cursor.tue.nl/en/news/2023/augustus/week-3/new-in-the-netherlands-dutch-laws/ New in the Netherlands: Dutch laws.] 2023

After years of protests by women convicted of urinating on the street, the city of Amsterdam committed to investing four million euros in public toilets for women.[https://www.zdf.de/nachrichten/politik/ausland/oeffentliche-toiletten-frauen-amsterdam-wildpinkler-100.html Gleichberechtigtes Urinieren: Amsterdams Frauen erkämpfen sich Toiletten.] 2024

File:Indecency2.jpg

In England and Wales, "disorderly behavior" related to public urination is punishable under the Public Order Act 1986. At the same time, the UK has seen a significant decline in public toilet facilities.[https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-18072905 Is urinating in public ever acceptable?] 2012[https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/apr/05/the-war-against-wild-toileting-stop-weeing-street-urinating The war against wild toileting: is there any way to stop people weeing – and worse – in the street?] 2023

Public urination is illegal in all U.S. states, but penalties vary by jurisdiction.[https://www.carrolltrobermanlaw.com/blog/2018/march/public-urination-what-you-need-to-know/ Public Urination: What You Need to Know.] 2018

{{Commons}}

Category:Urine