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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(1) In this section:
(a) “Facility” includes a cemetery in which a funeral or memorial service takes place.
(b) “Funeral or memorial service” includes a wake or a burial, as defined in s. 157.061(1), but does not include a service that is not intended to honor or commemorate one or more specific decedents.
(2)(a) No person may do any of the following during a funeral or memorial service, during the 60 minutes immediately preceding the scheduled starting time of a funeral or memorial service if a starting time has been scheduled, or during the 60 minutes immediately following a funeral or memorial service:
1. Engage in conduct that is prohibited under s. 947.01(1) within 500 feet of any entrance to a facility being used for the service with the intent to disrupt the service.
2. Intentionally block access to a facility being used for the service.
(b) No person, with the intent to disrupt a funeral procession, may impede vehicles that he or she knows are part of the procession.
(c) No person may do any of the following during a funeral or memorial service, during the 60 minutes immediately preceding the scheduled starting time of a funeral or memorial service if a starting time has been scheduled, or during the 60 minutes immediately following a funeral or memorial service:
1. Engage in conduct that is prohibited under s. 947.01(1) within 500 feet of any entrance to a facility being used for the service.
2. Block access to a facility being used for the service.
(d) No person may impede vehicles that are part of a funeral procession if the person's conduct violates s. 947.01(1).
(3)(a) Except as provided in par. (b), any person who violates this section is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
(b) Any person who violates sub. (2)(a) or (b) after having been convicted of a violation of this section is guilty of a Class I felony.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Wisconsin Statutes Crimes (Ch. 938 to 951) § 947.011. Disrupting a funeral or memorial service - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/wi/crimes-ch-938-to-951/wi-st-947-011/
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