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Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-317: Disorderly conduct at funerals

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  1. TN Code
  2. Title 39
  3. Chapter 17

(a) A person commits the offense of interfering with a funeral or burial, funeral home viewing of a deceased person, funeral procession, or funeral or memorial service for a deceased person, if the person acts to obstruct or interfere with such commemorative service by making any utterance, gesture, or display in a manner offensive to the sensibilities of an ordinary person. Picketing, protesting, or demonstrating at a funeral or memorial service shall be deemed offensive to the sensibilities of an ordinary person.

(b) This section shall only apply to acts within five hundred feet (500') of a funeral or burial, funeral home viewing of a deceased person, funeral procession, or funeral or memorial service for a deceased person.

(c) A violation of this section is a Class B misdemeanor.

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