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Nevada · Through 2025 session (NRS as revised 2026-08-25) · Newer source version available

NRS 451.040: Seizure of remains for debt; interference with dead body; penalty.

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  1. TITLE 40 — PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY
  2. CHAPTER 451 - DEAD BODIES
  3. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

1. Every person who shall arrest or attach the dead body of a human being upon a debt or demand, or shall detain or claim to detain it for any debt or demand or upon any pretended lien or charge, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

2. Every person who, without authority of law, shall obstruct or detain a person engaged in carrying or accompanying the dead body of a human being to a place of burial or cremation shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

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