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Kentucky · Snapshot 09/05/2026

KRS 525.120: Abuse of a corpse.

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  1. 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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