{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-public-health-law-4216","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Public Health Law § 4216","heading":"Body stealing","body":"§ 4216. Body stealing. A person who removes the dead body of a human\nbeing, or any tissue, organ or part thereof from a grave, vault, or\nother place, where the same has been buried, or from a place where the\nsame has been deposited while awaiting burial, without authority of law,\nwith intent to sell the same, or for the purpose of dissection, or for\nthe purpose of procuring a reward for the return of the same, or from\nmalice or wantonness, is guilty of a class D felony.","path":["Public Health Law","Article 42. Cadavers","Title 2. Autopsy and Dissection"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/PBH/4216","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:45Z","sha256":"b16745e2ebd5d3c2fd4ae18c54dae4e8ee6829bf450e244a1037dbefed73ab72","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-public-health-law-4215","next":"us-ny/n.y.-public-health-law-4217"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}