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The Laws of New York
Consolidated Laws of New York
CHAPTER 40
Penal
PART 3
Specific Offenses
TITLE N
Offenses Against Public Order, Public Sensibilities and the Right to Privacy
ARTICLE 240
Offenses Against Public Order
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SECTION 240.21
Disruption or disturbance of a religious service, funeral, burial or memorial service
Penal (PEN) CHAPTER 40, PART 3, TITLE N, ARTICLE 240
§ 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.