New York Penal Law Section 240.21 - Disruption or disturbance of a religious service, funeral, burial or memorial service.

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.


Last modified: February 3, 2019