§ 68.56.010. Unlawful damage to graves, markers, shrubs, etc. -- Interfering with funeral
Every person is guilty of a gross misdemeanor who unlawfully or without right wilfully does any of the following:
(1) Destroys, cuts, mutilates, effaces, or otherwise injures, tears down or removes, any tomb, plot, monument, memorial or marker in a cemetery, or any gate, door, fence, wall, post or railing, or any enclosure for the protection of a cemetery or any property in a cemetery.
(2) Destroys, cuts, breaks, removes or injures any building, statuary, ornamentation, tree, shrub, flower or plant within the limits of a cemetery.
(3) Disturbs, obstructs, detains or interferes with any person carrying or accompanying human remains to a cemetery or funeral establishment, or engaged in a funeral service, or an interment.
[1943 c 247 § 36; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 3778-36. Cf. 1909 c 249 § 240 and 1856-57 p 28 § § 4, 5. Formerly RCW 68.48.010.]
Sections: 68.56.010 68.56.020 68.56.030 68.56.040 68.56.050 68.56.060 68.56.070 68.56.900 NextLast modified: April 7, 2009