Penal Law § 240.21 · Article 240. Offenses Against Public Order
Disruption or disturbance of a religious service, funeral, burial or memorial service
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§ 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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