N.Y. Penal Law § 240.21: Disruption or disturbance of a religious service, funeral, burial or memorial service
Where this section sits in the code
- Penal Law
- Part 3. Specific Offenses
- Title N. Offenses Against Public Order, Public Sensibilities and the Right to Privacy
- 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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