TITLE 18

CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS

CHAPTER 70

TRESPASS AND MALICIOUS INJURIES TO PROPERTY

18-7028.  Unlawful removal of human remains — Malice — Intent to sell. Every person who removes any part of any human remains from any place where it has been interred, or from any place where it is deposited while awaiting interment, with intent to sell it or to dissect it, without authority of law, or from malice or wantonness is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment in the state penitentiary for not more than five (5) years, by a fine not greater than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or by both such fine and imprisonment.

History:

[18-7028, added 1984, ch. 73, sec. 3, p. 136.]