{"data":{"id":"us-vt/26-v.s.a.-1277","jurisdiction":"us-vt","citation":"26 V.S.A. § 1277","heading":"Suspicious cases","body":"A person shall not embalm or introduce any fluid into a body of a person who has died under suspicious circumstances or when a criminal cause of death is suspected until after a legal investigation has determined the facts. An embalmer shall forthwith report any such case to the office of the Chief Medical Examiner and obtain permission to embalm the body.","path":["Title 26: Professions and Occupations","Chapter 021: Funeral Services","Subchapter 003: PREPAID FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS"],"source_url":"https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/26/021/01277","current_through":"2025 session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T17:17:07Z","sha256":"5b743b8e332e94b5463309a633d003885c9ecbd0ff3643d49c0d64a16040fcc6","source_id":"us-vt","stale":false,"prev":"us-vt/26-v.s.a.-1276","next":"us-vt/26-v.s.a.-1311"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}