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N.Y. Penal Law § 240.21: Disruption or disturbance of a religious service, funeral, burial or memorial service

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  1. Penal Law
  2. Part 3. Specific Offenses
  3. Title N. Offenses Against Public Order, Public Sensibilities and the Right to Privacy
  4. Article 240. Offenses Against Public Order

§ 240.21 Disruption or disturbance of a religious service, funeral,

burial or memorial service.

A person is guilty of disruption or disturbance of a religious

service, funeral, burial or memorial service when he or she makes

unreasonable noise or disturbance while at a lawfully assembled

religious service, funeral, burial or memorial service, or within three

hundred feet thereof, with intent to cause annoyance or alarm or

recklessly creating a risk thereof.

Disruption or disturbance of a religious service, funeral, burial or

memorial service is a class A misdemeanor.

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