2020 New York Laws
PEN - Penal
Part 3 - Specific Offenses
Title I - Offenses Involving Damage to and Intrusion Upon Property
Article 145 - Criminal Mischief and Related Offenses
145.27 - Aggravated Cemetery Desecration in the First Degree.

Universal Citation:
NY Penal L § 145.27 (2020)
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§ 145.27 Aggravated cemetery desecration in the first degree.

A person is guilty of aggravated cemetery desecration in the first degree when such person commits the crime of aggravated cemetery desecration in the second degree and has been previously convicted within the past five years of the crime of cemetery desecration in the second degree as defined in section 145.22 of this article, cemetery desecration in the first degree as defined in section 145.23 of this article or aggravated cemetery desecration in the second degree as defined in section 145.26 of this article.

Aggravated cemetery desecration in the first degree is a class D felony.


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