Wisconsin Code § 947.011

Disrupting a funeral or memorial service
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(1)
In this section:
(a) “Facility” includes a cemetery in which a funeral or
memorial service takes place.
(b) “Funeral or memorial service” includes a wake or a burial,
as defined in s. 157.061 (1), but does not include a service that is
not intended to honor or commemorate one or more specific
decedents.
(2) (a) No person may do any of the following during a funeral or memorial service, during the 60 minutes immediately
preceding the scheduled starting time of a funeral or memorial
service if a starting time has been scheduled, or during the 60
minutes immediately following a funeral or memorial service:
1. Engage in conduct that is prohibited under s. 947.01 (1)
within 500 feet of any entrance to a facility being used for the service with the intent to disrupt the service.
2. Intentionally block access to a facility being used for the
service.
(b) No person, with the intent to disrupt a funeral procession,
may impede vehicles that he or she knows are part of the
procession.
(c) No person may do any of the following during a funeral or
memorial service, during the 60 minutes immediately preceding
the scheduled starting time of a funeral or memorial service if a
starting time has been scheduled, or during the 60 minutes immediately following a funeral or memorial service:
1. Engage in conduct that is prohibited under s. 947.01 (1)
within 500 feet of any entrance to a facility being used for the
service.
2. Block access to a facility being used for the service.
(d) No person may impede vehicles that are part of a funeral
procession if the person’s conduct violates s. 947.01 (1).
(3) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), any person who violates this section is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
(b) Any person who violates sub. (2) (a) or (b) after having
been convicted of a violation of this section is guilty of a Class I
felony.

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