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609.501.2

Statute ID: 10753

Statute Function ID: 22118

Disrupts funeral or burial service; Prohibited acts-Blocks access to a funeral or burial service.

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Statute Number:

609.501.2

Enactment Date:

Jan 1, 1859

Effective Date:

May 10, 2006

Expiration Date:

Repealed?:

Summary Text:

Disrupts funeral or burial service; Prohibited acts-Blocks access to a funeral or burial service.

Statute ID:

10753

Created:

Jan 11, 2007 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Updated:

Jan 11, 2007 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Last Update Action:

System

Legal Analyst Comment:

Summary Text:

Disrupts funeral or burial service; Prohibited acts-Blocks access to a funeral or burial service.

Link to MN Statute Text:

https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/609/501.html

Legislative Session:

0 - NA

Session Law Text?:

Statute text last updated on:

Jul 19, 2023

(a) Whoever does any of the following is guilty of a misdemeanor:
(1) with intent to disrupt a funeral ceremony, graveside service, or memorial service, protests or pickets within 500 feet of the burial site or the entrance to a facility or location being used for the service or ceremony, within one hour prior to, during, or one hour following the service or ceremony;
(2) with intent to disrupt a funeral procession, impedes or attempts to impede a vehicle that is part of the procession;
(3) intentionally blocks or attempts to block access to a funeral ceremony, graveside service, or memorial service; or
(4) knowingly engages in targeted residential picketing at the home or domicile of any surviving member of the deceased person's family or household on the date of the funeral ceremony, graveside service, or memorial service.
(b) Whoever is convicted of a violation of paragraph (a) following a previous conviction for a violation of paragraph (a) or a similar statute from another state or the United States is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.