KRS 311.330: Relatives or friends of deceased to be notified -- Time within which body

may not be used.

Any superintendent, warden, coroner or other person having in his possession an

unclaimed human body, shall notify any known relatives or friends of the decease d

person of the death and place where the body is. If no such friend or relative claims and

buries the body within three (3) days, the person shall deliver the body to the professor of

a college or school entitled to it under this chapter who demands it. S uch professor shall

at once embalm the body and preserve it for thirty (30) days before dissecting it. During

the thirty (30) days the college or professor thereof, shall deliver the body, without

charge, to any friend or relative of the deceased who deman ds it for interment. If it is not

claimed during the thirty (30) days the professor and students may examine and dissect it.