{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-44-43-540","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 44-43-540","heading":"Dead bodies not available to board.","body":"Notice is not required to be given and a body must not be delivered if a person claiming to be, and satisfying the authorities in charge of the body that he is, of kin or related by marriage to the deceased claims the body for burial and pays the burial expenses; and notice is not required to be given for the body to be delivered if the deceased was a traveler who died suddenly.","path":["Title 44 - HEALTH","CHAPTER 43 Dispositions of Human Bodies and Parts; Post-Mortem Examinations","ARTICLE 7 Distribution of Dead Bodies for Scientific Purposes"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t44c043.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T07:33:09Z","sha256":"e6d7ac1f87087ab1327ce167250b8cb85245d6df9977742493f38286ba659ae1","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-44-43-530","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-44-43-550"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}