Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes

18 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 2101 (2026)

Display of flag at public meetings.

✓ current as of May 2026

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PART II

DEFINITION OF SPECIFIC OFFENSES

Article

A. Offenses Against Existence or Stability of Government

B. Offenses Involving Danger to the Person

C. Offenses Against Property

D. Offenses Against the Family

E. Offenses Against Public Administration

F. Offenses Against Public Order and Decency

G. Miscellaneous Offenses

Enactment. Part II was added December 6, 1972, P.L.1482, No.334, effective in six months.

ARTICLE A

OFFENSES AGAINST EXISTENCE OR STABILITY

OF GOVERNMENT

Chapter

21. Offenses Against the Flag

CHAPTER 21

OFFENSES AGAINST THE FLAG

Sec.

2101. Display of flag at public meetings.

2102. Desecration of flag.

2103. Insults to national or Commonwealth flag.

Enactment. Chapter 21 was added December 6, 1972, P.L.1482, No.334, effective in six months.

§ 2101. Display of flag at public meetings.

(a) Offense defined.--A person is guilty of a summary offense if, being directly or indirectly in charge of any public gathering, in any place, he fails at such gathering to display publicly and visibly the flag of the United States reasonably clean and in good repair.

(b) Exceptions.--

(1) Subsection (a) of this section does not apply to gatherings for religious worship.

(2) The provisions of subsection (a) of this section do not prohibit the exhibition of torn, soiled or worn flags of the United States which have historical significance when exhibited in conjunction with the type of flag required by subsection (a) of this section.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 1984–1984 · leading case: Commonwealth v. Swartz, 31 Pa. D. & C.3d 418 (1984).

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Commonwealth v. Swartz, 31 Pa. D. & C.3d 418 (1984). “18 Pa.C.S. §2101. . 18 Pa.C.S. §4323. . 18 Pa.”

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