Abandonment of a corpse without notifying authorities, penalty
Known as the Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act
The act spans §§ 194–194 (65 sections).
Effective: 01 Jan 2017, 2 histories, see footnote; (L. 1995 H.B. 160 § 578.157, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491)
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.
Official source: Missouri Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Missouri statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.