{"data":{"id":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-62-5-809","jurisdiction":"us-tn","citation":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 62-5-809","heading":"Delay of resomation","body":"If a person who signs the death certificate; a district attorney general; any law enforcement officer; or an emergency medical or rescue worker, emergency medical technician, or paramedic who attended the person immediately prior to or after the person's death, signs a written statement requesting the delay of a resomation based upon a reasonable belief that the cause of death may have been due to other than accidental or natural causes, then the resomation of a dead human body must be delayed based upon that request.","path":["TN Code","Title 62","Chapter 5"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_tn_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:26Z","sha256":"ffadb5dde3adf945867585731867c8df637d805f35aecf17bdaceebaae721147","source_id":"us-tn","stale":false,"prev":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-62-5-808","next":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-62-5-810"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}