Section 145.22. Cemetery desecration in the second degree  


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  • A  person is guilty of cemetery desecration in the second degree when:
      (a) with intent to damage property of  another  person,  and  having  no
      right  to  do  so  nor any reasonable ground to believe that he has such
      right, he damages any real or personal property maintained as a cemetery
      plot, grave, burial place or other place of interment of human  remains;
      or
        (b)  with  intent  to  steal  personal  property,  he  steals personal
      property which is located at a cemetery plot,  grave,  burial  place  or
      other place of interment of human remains and which property is owned by
      the  person  or  organization  which maintains or owns such place or the
      estate, next-of-kin or representatives of the deceased  person  interred
      there.
        Cemetery desecration in the second degree is a class A misdemeanor.