N.Y. Penal Law § 145.22: Cemetery desecration in the second degree

§ 145.22 Cemetery desecration in the second degree.

A person is guilty of cemetery desecration in the second degree when:

(a) with intent to damage property of another person, and having no

right to do so nor any reasonable ground to believe that he has such

right, he damages any real or personal property maintained as a cemetery

plot, grave, burial place or other place of interment of human remains;

or

(b) with intent to steal personal property, he steals personal

property which is located at a cemetery plot, grave, burial place or

other place of interment of human remains and which property is owned by

the person or organization which maintains or owns such place or the

estate, next-of-kin or representatives of the deceased person interred

there.

Cemetery desecration in the second degree is a class A misdemeanor.