76-9-601 - Abuse of a flag.
76-9-601. Abuse of a flag.
(1) A person is guilty of abuse of a flag if he:
(a) Intentionally places any unauthorized inscription or other thing upon any flag of theUnited States or of any state of the United States; or
(b) Knowingly exhibits any such flag, knowing the inscription or other thing to beunauthorized; or
(c) For purposes of advertising a product or service for sale or for distribution, affixes arepresentation of the flag of the United States or of a state of the United States to the product oron any display whereon the product or service is advertised; or
(d) Knowingly casts contempt upon the flag of the United States or of any state of theUnited States by publicly mutilating, defacing, defiling, burning, or trampling upon it.
(2) Abuse of a flag is a class B misdemeanor.
Enacted by Chapter 196, 1973 General Session