N.Y. Surrogate's Court Procedure Act § 1113: Reports of deaths and burials 1

§ 1113. Reports of deaths and burials

1. Every person keeping a hotel, boarding or rooming house in any of

the counties to which this article applies shall report in writing to

the public administrator of his county information concerning every

person not a member of his family who shall die in his hotel or house

within 12 hours after such death.

2. The chief medical examiner or such similar public officer of each

county to which this article applies within 12 hours after an inquest

shall report in writing to the public administrator of his county, such

information regarding the decedent which he may have.

3. Every undertaker shall file a report in writing with the public

administrator of his county within 12 hours after receiving an order for

the burial by him of any decedent having no known distributees or having

been survived only by cousins or relatives by marriage, such information

regarding the decedent which he may have.