KRS 525.115: Violating graves.

(1) A person is guilty of violating graves when he intentionally:

(a) Mutilates the graves, monuments, fences, shrubbery, ornaments, grounds, or

buildings in or enclosing any cemetery or place of sepulture; or

(b) Violates the grave of any person by destroying , removing, or damaging the

headstone or footstone, or the tomb over the enclosure protecting any grave;

or

(c) Digs into or plows over or removes any ornament, shrubbery, or flower placed

upon any grave or lot.

(2) The provisions of subsection (1) of this section shall not apply to ordinary

maintenance and care of a cemetery nor the removal and relocation of graves

pursuant to procedures authorized by and in accordance with applicable statutes.

(3) Violating graves is a Class D felony.

(4) The court shall order the defendant to restore the cemetery to its pre -damage

condition.