NRS 451.040

Seizure of remains for debt; interference with dead body; penalty

Known as the Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act

The act spans §§ 451–451 (124 sections).

[1911 C&P § 211; RL § 6476; NCL § 10159]

1. Every person who shall arrest or attach the dead body of a human being upon a debt or demand, or shall detain or claim to detain it for any debt or demand or upon any pretended lien or charge, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

2. Every person who, without authority of law, shall obstruct or detain a person engaged in carrying or accompanying the dead body of a human being to a place of burial or cremation shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

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