{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-130a-400","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 130A-400","heading":"Written consent for postmortem examinations required.","body":"An administrator of an institution shall not authorize a postmortem examination described in G.S. 130A-399 without first securing the written consent of the deceased person's spouse, one of the next-of-kin or nearest known relative, or other person charged by law with the duty of burial, in the order named and as known. A copy of the written consent shall be filed in the office of the administrator of the institution where the inmate died. (1943, c. 87, s. 3; 1983, c. 891, s. 2.)","path":["Chapter 130A. Public Health.","Article 16. Postmortem Investigation and Disposition.","Part 2. Autopsies."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_130A/GS_130A-400.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:20:37Z","sha256":"d79c882e43e157d8d2563d336b841f135da0a7ef3f9229e9ab5e500dc7e644fd","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-130a-399","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-130a-401"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}