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