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Iowa Code § 723.5 — Disorderly conduct — funeral or memorial service
Current through 2026 Iowa Code (enactments effective on or before 2026-01-01, through the 2025 Regular Session, 91st G.A.)
Part of Chapter 723: Public Disorder, Iowa Code.
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Full text of Iowa Code § 723.5
Statutory text current through the 2026 Iowa Code (enactments effective on or before 2026-01-01, through the 2025 Regular Session, 91st G.A.). This publication reproduces the statutory text of the official 2026 Iowa Code (Legislative Services Agency); it is not the official publication of the State of Iowa.
1. A person shall not do any of the following within one thousand feet of the building or other location where a funeral or memorial service is being conducted, or within one thousand feet of a funeral procession or burial:
a. Make loud and raucous noise which causes unreasonable distress to the persons attending the funeral or memorial service, or participating in the funeral procession.
b. Direct abusive epithets or make any threatening gesture which the person knows or reasonably should know is likely to provoke a violent reaction by another.
c. Disturb or disrupt the funeral, memorial service, funeral procession, or burial by conduct intended to disturb or disrupt the funeral, memorial service, funeral procession, or burial.
2. This section applies to conduct within sixty minutes preceding, during, and within sixty minutes after a funeral, memorial service, funeral procession, or burial.
3. A person who commits a violation of this section commits:
a. A simple misdemeanor for a first offense.
b. A serious misdemeanor for a second offense.
c. A class “D” felony for a third or subsequent offense.
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