30-15-4. Desecration of a church.
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Desecration of a church consists of willfully, maliciously and intentionally defacing a church or any portion thereof.
Whoever commits desecration of a church is guilty of a misdemeanor, except that when the damage to the church amounts to more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) he is guilty of a fourth degree felony.
History: 1953 Comp., § 40A-15-3, enacted by Laws 1963, ch. 303, § 15-3; 1965, ch. 173, § 1.