New York Prosecutors Training Institute
NYPTI Law - NYS Statutes
ยง 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.
