Tennessee Statutes
§ 39-17-317 — Disorderly conduct at funerals
Tennessee·Title 39
(a)A person commits the offense of interfering with a funeral or burial, funeral home viewing of a deceased person, funeral procession, or funeral or memorial service for a deceased person, if the person acts to obstruct or interfere with such commemorative service by making any utterance, gesture, or display in a manner offensive to the sensibilities of an ordinary person. Picketing, protesting, or demonstrating at a funeral or memorial service shall be deemed offensive to the sensibilities of an ordinary person.
(b)This section shall only apply to acts within five hundred feet (500') of a funeral or burial, funeral home viewing of a deceased person, funeral procession, or funeral or memorial service for a deceased person.
(c)A violation of this section is a Class B misdemeanor.
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Legislative History
Acts 2006, ch. 543, § 1; 2011, ch. 373, § 1.
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