KRS 525.120

Abuse of a corpse

Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case Hoskins v. Maricle (2004)

Most recently applied in Hoskins v. Maricle (December 2004)

Effective: June 27, 2019 History: Amended 2019 Ky

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(1) A person is guilty of abuse of a corpse when except as authorized by law he intentionally treats a corpse in a way that would outrage ordinary family sensibilities. A person shall also be guilty of abuse of a corpse if that person enters into a contract and accepts remuneration for the preparation of a corpse for burial or the burial or cremation of a corpse and then deliberately fails to prepare, bury, or cremate that corpse in accordance with that contract.

(2) Abuse of a corpse is a Class D felony.

Official source: Kentucky General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Kentucky statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.