Section 1713.41 | Prohibition against refusal to deliver corpse.
Effective:
April 6, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 281 - 134th General Assembly
No superintendent of a city hospital, city infirmary, county home, workhouse, hospital for persons with mental illnesses, or other charitable institution founded and supported in whole or in part at public expense, coroner, infirmary director, sheriff, or township trustee, shall fail to deliver a body of a deceased person when applied for, in conformity to law, or charge, receive, or accept money or other valuable consideration for the delivery.
This section does not require the delivery of the body until twenty-four hours after death.
Last updated March 10, 2023 at 11:07 AM
Available Versions of this Section
- April 9, 1981 – House Bill 965 - 113th General Assembly [ View April 9, 1981 Version ]
- April 6, 2023 – Amended by House Bill 281 - 134th General Assembly [ View April 6, 2023 Version ]