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SECTION 195.02
Concealment of a human corpse
Penal (PEN) CHAPTER 40, PART 3, TITLE L, ARTICLE 195
§ 195.02 Concealment of a human corpse.

A person is guilty of concealment of a human corpse when, having a
reasonable expectation that a human corpse or a part thereof will be
produced for or used as physical evidence in: (a) an official
proceeding; (b) an autopsy as part of a criminal investigation; or (c)
an examination by law enforcement personnel as part of a criminal
investigation; such person, alone or in concert with another, conceals,
alters or destroys such corpse or part thereof with the intent to
prevent its production, use or discovery.

Concealment of a human corpse is a class E felony.