N.Y. Public Health Law § 4216: Body stealing

§ 4216. Body stealing. A person who removes the dead body of a human

being, or any tissue, organ or part thereof from a grave, vault, or

other place, where the same has been buried, or from a place where the

same has been deposited while awaiting burial, without authority of law,

with intent to sell the same, or for the purpose of dissection, or for

the purpose of procuring a reward for the return of the same, or from

malice or wantonness, is guilty of a class D felony.