N.Y. Penal Law § 145.26: Aggravated cemetery desecration in the second degree

§ 145.26 Aggravated cemetery desecration in the second degree.

A person is guilty of aggravated cemetery desecration in the second

degree when, having no right to do so nor any reasonable ground to

believe that he or she has such right, he or she opens a casket, crypt,

or similar vessel containing a human body or human remains which has

been buried or otherwise interred in a cemetery and unlawfully removes

therefrom a body, bodily part, any human remains or any object contained

in such casket, crypt or similar vessel for the purpose of obtaining

unlawful possession of such body, bodily part, human remains or object

for such person or a third person.

Aggravated cemetery desecration in the second degree is a class E

felony.