145.26 - Aggravated cemetery desecration in the second degree. - New York Statutes

§ 145.26 Aggravated cemetery desecration in the second degree. A person is guilty of aggravated cemetery desecration in the second degree when, having no right to do so nor any reasonable ground to believe that he or she has such right, he or she opens a casket, crypt, or similar vessel containing a human body or human remains which has been buried or otherwise interred in a cemetery and unlawfully removes therefrom a body, bodily part, any human remains or any object contained in such casket, crypt or similar vessel for the purpose of obtaining unlawful possession of such body, bodily part, human remains or object for such person or a third person. Aggravated cemetery desecration in the second degree is a class E felony.