Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE Chapter 194 • Effective - 01 Jan 2017, 2 histories, see footnote 194.425. Abandonment of a corpse without notifying authorities, penalty. — 1. A person commits the crime of abandonment of a corpse if that person abandons, disposes, deserts or leaves a corpse without properly reporting the location of the body to the proper law enforcement officials in that county. 2. Abandonment of a corpse is a class E felony. -------- (L. 1995 H.B. 160 § 578.157, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491) Effective 1-01-17
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