Washington § 68.56.010 Unlawful damage to graves, markers, shrubs, etc.—Interfering with funeral.

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§ 68.56.010 — Unlawful damage to graves, markers, shrubs, etc.—Interfering with funeral.

Washington § 68.56.010

Title 68CEMETERIES, MORGUES, AND HUMAN REMAINS

Ch. 68.56PENAL AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

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Wash. Rev. Code § 68.56.010 (2026).

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Every person is guilty of a gross misdemeanor who unlawfully or without right wilfully does any of the following:

(1)Destroys, cuts, mutilates, effaces, or otherwise injures, tears down or removes, any tomb, plot, 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 any property in a cemetery.

(2)Destroys, cuts, breaks, removes or injures any building, statuary, ornamentation, tree, shrub, flower or plant within the limits of a cemetery.

(3)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.

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Every person is guilty of a gross misdemeanor who unlawfully or without right wilfully does any of the following:

(1) Destroys, cuts, mutilates, effaces, or otherwise injures, tears down or removes, any tomb, plot, 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 any property in a cemetery.

(2) Destroys, cuts, breaks, removes or injures any building, statuary, ornamentation, tree, shrub, flower or plant within the limits of a cemetery.

(3) 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.