Section 145.26. Aggravated cemetery desecration in the second degree  


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  • A  person  is  guilty of aggravated cemetery desecration in the second
      degree when, having no right to do  so  nor  any  reasonable  ground  to
      believe  that he or she has such right, he or she opens a casket, crypt,
      or similar vessel containing a human body or  human  remains  which  has
      been  buried  or otherwise interred in a cemetery and unlawfully removes
      therefrom a body, bodily part, any human remains or any object contained
      in such casket, crypt or similar vessel for  the  purpose  of  obtaining
      unlawful  possession  of such body, bodily part, human remains or object
      for such person or a third person.
        Aggravated cemetery desecration in the second  degree  is  a  class  E
      felony.