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Arkansas Code Title 5. Criminal Offenses § 5-71-230. Violation of the protection of peace for mourning at a funeral

Current as of January 01, 2020 | Updated by FindLaw Staff

(a) As used in this section:

(1)(A) “Funeral” means a ceremony or memorial service held in connection with the burial or cremation of a person who has died in which the family of the deceased has a personal stake in memorializing and honoring the deceased and the desire to be able to mourn in peace during the ceremony or memorial service.

(B) “Funeral” does not include a procession related to the funeral;  and

(2) “Picket” means to engage in the activity of protesting or demonstrating to target a funeral without authorization from the family of the deceased.

(b) A person commits the offense of violation of the protection of peace for mourning at a funeral if the person:

(1) Knowingly pickets a funeral;

(2) Has a purpose to interfere with the funeral;  and

(3) Pickets:

(A) Within three hundred feet (300′) of any ingress or egress of the funeral;  and

(B) Either:

(i) During the funeral;

(ii) Within thirty (30) minutes immediately before the scheduled commencement of the funeral;  or

(iii) Within thirty (30) minutes immediately following the completion of the funeral.

(c)(1) Violation of the protection of the peace for mourning at a funeral is a Class C misdemeanor.

(2) A person commits a separate offense for each funeral that the person pickets in violation of this section.

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