Public Health Law § 4219 · Title 2. Autopsy and Dissection
Arresting or attaching a dead body of a human being
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§ 4219. Arresting or attaching a dead body of a human being. A person who arrests or attaches the dead body of a human being upon any debt or demand whatever, or detains or claims to detain it for any debt or demand, or upon any pretended lien or charge, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
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- https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/laws/PBH4219
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