{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-142.5","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 142.5","heading":"Disposition after dissection.","body":"The remains of every body received for scientific purposes under this chapter shall be decently buried or cremated after it has been used for said purposes, and a failure to do so shall be a simple misdemeanor.","path":["Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH (Ch. 123 - 158)","Chapter 142 - DEAD BODIES FOR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSES"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/142.5.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:03Z","sha256":"b5b79d07c2308609d0b79296209b6699d357b9bfc1f7ddbb2375cfa32677af8a","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-142.4","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-142.6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}