N.Y. Surrogate's Court Procedure Act § 1209: Reports of deaths and burials 1

§ 1209. 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 to the public

administrator of his county information concerning every person not a

member of his family who shall die in his hotel, boarding or rooming

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,

information, if known, regarding the decedent.

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

administrator of his county upon the form provided by him, 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.