Aggravated cemetery desecration in the first degree · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 145.27 Aggravated cemetery desecration in the first degree.
A person is guilty of aggravated cemetery desecration in the first degree when such person commits the crime of aggravated cemetery desecration in the second degree and has been previously convicted within the past five years of the crime of cemetery desecration in the second degree as defined in section 145.22 of this article, cemetery desecration in the first degree as defined in section 145.23 of this article or aggravated cemetery desecration in the second degree as defined in section 145.26 of this article.
Aggravated cemetery desecration in the first degree is a class D felony.
A person commits first-degree aggravated cemetery desecration by committing second-degree aggravated cemetery desecration after a conviction within the past 5 years for second- or first-degree cemetery desecration or second-degree aggravated cemetery desecration under the named sections. ★ It is a class D felony.
Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.
This provision appears in Volume 4 — The Court Clerk: Penal Law; Volume 1 — The Court Officer in Plain English; Volume 3 — The Court Officer: Penal Law; Volume 3 — Your Career: Penal Law in Plain English.