People may not intentionally disrupt religious services, funerals, or memorial services, and violations can bring misdemeanor charges.
People may not engage in disruptive conduct intended to interfere with a religious service, funeral, or memorial service. The listed conduct includes threats, certain loud or abusive speech, blocked access, and nearby demonstrations.
Violating the section is a misdemeanor. Disrupting a funeral or memorial service for someone receiving military funeral honors carries an aggravated misdemeanor.
The text prohibits disruptive conduct intended to interfere with a religious service, funeral, or memorial service. A religious service means a public assembly for worship, religious observance, or another religious purpose. The rules also cover funerals and memorial services, and activities at their locations inside or outside. The conduct must be intended to impede, disrupt, disturb, or interfere with the service or the normal activities at its location. Listed conduct includes threatening images, certain loud or abusive speech, blocking access, and public assemblies near the location. Some listed conduct is covered within 500 feet during the hour before, during, or the hour after the posted service time; speech has a 500-foot limit, with no stated time window.
A person who violates the section is guilty of a misdemeanor. The penalties apply to anyone who violates the section. A person who disrupts a funeral or memorial service for someone receiving military funeral honors is guilty of an aggravated misdemeanor.
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