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The Laws of New York
Consolidated Laws of New York
CHAPTER 45
Public Health
ARTICLE 42
Cadavers
TITLE 2
Autopsy and Dissection
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SECTION 4219
Arresting or attaching a dead body of a human being
Public Health (PBH) CHAPTER 45, ARTICLE 42, TITLE 2
§ 4219. Arresting or attaching a dead body of a human being. A person
who arrests or attaches the dead body of a human being upon any debt or
demand whatever, or detains or claims to detain it for any debt or
demand, or upon any pretended lien or charge, is guilty of a
misdemeanor.