Every person who arrests or attaches any dead body of a human being upon any debt or demand whatever, or who detains or claims to detain it for any debt or demand or upon any pretended lien or charge, is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.
N.D. Cent. Code § 23-06-28
Arresting or attaching dead body - Penalty
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