Wyo. Stat. § 6-4-501: Opening graves and removing bodies; penalty; exception.
Where this section sits in the code
- TITLE 6 - CRIMES AND OFFENSES
- CHAPTER 4 - OFFENSES AGAINST MORALS, DECENCY AND FAMILY
- ARTICLE 5 - DESECRATING GRAVES AND BODIES
(a) A person who opens a grave or tomb and removes a body or remains of a deceased person for any purpose without the knowledge and consent of near relations of the deceased commits a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00).
(b) This section does not prohibit exhumation if ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction or if performed in accordance with W.S. 7-4-106(c).
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