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Chapter 5 – Adult Custody and Security Operations

Article 9 – Display of the United States and State Flags

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51090.21 Desecration of Flags

  • Pursuant to M&V 614, a person is guilty of a misdemeanor who:

  • In any manner for exhibition or display, places, or causes to appear any work, figure, mark, picture, design, drawing, or any advertisement of any nature upon any flag of the U.S.United States or of this State.

  • Exposes to public view any such flag upon which is printed, painted, or placed or to which is attached, appended, affixed, or annexed any work, figure, mark picture, design, drawing, or any advertisement of any nature.

  • Knowingly casts contempt upon any flag of the U.S.United States or of this State by publicly mutilating, defacing, defiling, burning, or trampling upon it.