(a) A person commits the crime of disrupting a funeral or memorial service if, during the 60 minutes immediately preceding a funeral or memorial service that has a scheduled starting time, during the funeral or memorial service, or immediately following the funeral or memorial service, the person does any of the following with the intention of disrupting the funeral or memorial service:
(1) Engages in a protest, including, but not limited to, protest with or without using an electric sound amplification device, that involves singing, chanting, whistling, yelling, or honking a motor vehicle horn within 1,000 feet of the entrance to a facility being used for a funeral or memorial service.
(2) Blocks access to a facility being used for the service.
(3) Impedes vehicles that he or she knows are part of the procession.
(b) For purposes of this section, the term "facility" includes a funeral home, church, or cemetery in which the funeral or memorial service takes place.
(c) A violation of subsection (a) is a Class A misdemeanor for the first conviction and a Class C felony for each subsequent conviction.
Structure Code of Alabama
Chapter 11 - Offenses Against Public Order and Safety.
Article 1 - Offenses Against Public Order and Decency.
Section 13A-11-1 - Definitions.
Section 13A-11-4 - Inciting to Riot.
Section 13A-11-5 - Unlawful Assembly.
Section 13A-11-6 - Failure of Disorderly Persons to Disperse.
Section 13A-11-7 - Disorderly Conduct.
Section 13A-11-8 - Harassment or Harassing Communications.
Section 13A-11-10 - Public Intoxication.
Section 13A-11-10.1 - Open House Parties; When Not Allowed to Continue; Exceptions; Penalties.
Section 13A-11-11 - Falsely Reporting an Incident.
Section 13A-11-12 - Desecration of Venerated Objects.
Section 13A-11-13 - Abuse of Corpse.
Section 13A-11-14 - Cruelty to Animals.
Section 13A-11-14.1 - Aggravated Cruelty to Animals.
Section 13A-11-15 - Killing a Dog Used by a Peace Officer; Penalty; Exception.
Section 13A-11-16 - Greyhounds Used for Racing to Be Put to Death by Lethal Injection.
Section 13A-11-17 - Disrupting a Funeral or Memorial Service.