Md. Code Ann., Crim. Law § 10-205
Funeral, burial, and memorial services; funeral processions
Effective Oct 1, 2011Added by Acts 2006, c. 357, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2006. Amended by Acts 2011, c. 570, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2011.State of Maryland
(a)
- (1) This subsection does not apply to a person who conducts a funeral, burial, memorial service, or funeral procession.
- (2) A person may not knowingly obstruct, hinder, impede, or block another person's entry to or exit from a funeral, burial, memorial service, or funeral procession.
- (b) A person may not address speech to a person attending a funeral, burial, memorial service, or funeral procession that is likely to incite or produce an imminent breach of the peace.
- (c) A person may not engage in picketing activity within 500 feet of a funeral, burial, memorial service, or funeral procession that is targeted at one or more persons attending the funeral, burial, memorial service, or funeral procession.
- (d) A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 90 days or a fine not exceeding $1,000 or both.
Added by Acts 2006, c. 357, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2006. Amended by Acts 2011, c. 570, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2011.