CHAPTER 4. Disposal of Unclaimed Dead

Chapter 4 enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.

§§ 7200–7208 · 9 sections

• § 7200 Every head of a public institution, city or county undertaker, or state, county, or city officer having charge or control of remains to be interred at public…
• § 7201 The person in charge of a public institution in which the decedent was an inmate shall transmit upon request, to the state department or to any person…
• § 7202 The unclaimed dead retained by the State department for scientific or educational purposes shall be embalmed and disposed of in accordance with the…
• § 7203 The bodies of the unclaimed dead retained by the State department shall be used solely for the purpose of instruction and study in the promotion of medical,…
• § 7204 All persons receiving unclaimed dead for educational purposes shall bear all reasonable expense incurred in the preservation and transportation of the dead and…
• § 7205 It is unlawful for any person, unless specifically authorized by law, to hold a post mortem examination of any unclaimed dead without the express permission of…
• § 7206 Any person authorized by law to perform post mortem examinations shall permit, with the consent of relatives, or in the absence of such relatives, with the…
• § 7207 Whenever, through the failure of any person to notify the State department, or promptly to deliver the body of a deceased indigent as required by the State…
• § 7208 Every person who unlawfully disposes, uses, or sells the body of an unclaimed dead person, or who violates any provision of this chapter is guilty of a…