Section 594.35.
Cal. Penal Code - PEN § 594.35.
in effectEvery person is guilty of a crime and punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 or by imprisonment in a county jail for not exceeding one year, who maliciously does any of the following:
(a)
Destroys, cuts, mutilates, effaces, or otherwise injures, tears down, or removes any tomb, monument, memorial, or marker in a cemetery, or any gate, door, fence, wall, post or railing, or any enclosure for the protection of a cemetery or mortuary or any property in a cemetery or mortuary.
(b)
Obliterates any grave, vault, niche, or crypt.
(c)
Destroys, cuts,
breaks or injures any mortuary building or any building, statuary, or ornamentation within the limits of a cemetery.
(d)
Disturbs, obstructs, detains or interferes with any person carrying or accompanying human remains to a cemetery or funeral establishment, or engaged in a funeral service, or an interment.
References
referencesCal. Penal Code - PEN § 1170.
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