(A) Generally.
(1) No person shall in anyway disturb any grave, deface, pull up or remove anything put or placed to mark a grave or for the ornamentation thereof or any paling or wall around a grave or remove any plant, post or timbers in a graveyard, except by order or with the permission of the person in charge of the graveyard or of the owner of the grave.
(2) No person shall destroy, mutilate, deface, injure or remove any tomb, monument, gravestone or other structure or thing placed in the cemeteries, or any fence, railing or other work for the protection or ornamentation of any tomb, monument, gravestone or other structure, or for the ornamentation or protection of any cemetery, or unlawfully and wilfully destroy, cut, break, remove or injure any tree, shrub or plant that may have been planted or that may be growing in any cemetery, or commit any other depredation within the limits of any cemetery.
(B) Fixtures. No person shall unlawfully and wilfully disturb or remove any vase, jardiniere or other receptacle for flowers or shrubs or other thing placed on or by any grave for the ornamentation thereof.
(C) Flowers. No person shall wantonly or wilfully injure or destroy any flowers, either wild or cultivated, in any cemetery.
(1977 Code, § 7-6) Penalty, see § 10.99