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609.501.2(a)(1)
Statute ID:
10038
Statute Function ID:
7126
Disrupts funeral or burial service; Prohibited acts-Protests or pickets within 500 feet.
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Classifications
Offense Level:
Gross Misdemeanor (GM)
General Offense Code:
Other (9)
Offense Summary Code & Rank:
Disturbing Peace/Privacy (N) (Rank 27)
Detailed Offense Code:
Disruption of Funeral Services (935)
Offense Severity Level:
Function Text:
UCR Code
Description
90C
Disorderly Conduct
Flags
Crime of Violence:
No
Targeted Misdemeanor:
No
Predatory Offender Registration Review:
No
Enhanceable:
No
Certify to DPS:
No
Report to DNR:
No
DPS Group:
No
Conditional Release:
No
Payable:
No
Petty Misdemeanor Only if Prosecutor Certifies:
No
Third Violation Indicator:
No
Qualified Domestic Violence Related:
No
Nonviolent Controlled Substance Offender Review:
No
Wildlife Restitution:
No
Statute Number:
609.501.2(a)(1)
Enactment Date:
Jan 1, 1859
Effective Date:
May 10, 2006
Expiration Date:
Repealed?:
No
Summary Text:
Disrupts funeral or burial service; Prohibited acts-Protests or pickets within 500 feet.
Statute ID:
10038
Created:
Sep 1, 2006 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us
Updated:
Aug 20, 2013 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us
Last Update Action:
System
Legal Analyst Comment:
Summary Text:
Disrupts funeral or burial service; Prohibited acts-Protests or pickets within 500 feet.
Link to MN Statute Text:
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/609/501.html
Legislative Session:
0 - NA
Session Law Text?:
No
Statute text last updated on:
Sep 1, 2006
(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.
