There is a newer version of the New York Consolidated Laws
2013 New York Consolidated Laws
PBH - Public Health
Article 42 - CADAVERS
Title 2 - (4209 - 4222) AUTOPSY AND DISSECTION
4220 - Disturbing funerals.
NY Pub Health L § 4220 (2012) What's This?
§ 4220. Disturbing funerals. A person who, without authority of law, obstructs or detains any persons engaged in carrying or accompanying the dead body of a human being to a place of burial, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
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