Maintenance of private troops prohibited; violation; classification
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 543 F. Supp. 198 - Vietnamese Fishermen's Ass'n v. Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (1982)
Most recently applied in 543 F. Supp. 198 - Vietnamese Fishermen's Ass'n v. Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (June 1982)
A. No person, partnership or corporation shall maintain troops under arms, but this section shall not be deemed to prohibit a business, plant or firm from maintaining armed guards for protection of their property from damage or loss, or formation of a state police or highway patrol, or the existence of county and municipal police forces and sheriff's posses.
B. Any person violating this section is guilty of a class 5 felony.
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