KRS 525.120: Abuse of a corpse.
Where this section sits in the code
- KRS Chapter 525
(1) A person is guilty of abuse of a corpse when except as authorized by law he
intentionally treats a corpse in a way that would outrage ordinary family
sensibilities. A person shall also be guilty of abuse of a corpse if that person enters
into a contract and accepts remuneration for the preparation of a corpse for burial or
the burial or cremation of a corpse and then deliberately fails to prepare, bury, or
cremate that corpse in accordance with that contract.
(2) Abuse of a corpse is a Class D felony.
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