{"data":{"id":"us-wi/wis.-stat.-157.05","jurisdiction":"us-wi","citation":"Wis. Stat. § 157.05","heading":"Autopsy.","body":"Consent for a licensed physician to conduct an autopsy on the body of a deceased person shall be deemed sufficient when given by whichever one of the following assumes custody of the body for purposes of burial: Father, mother, husband, wife, child, guardian, next of kin, domestic partner under ch. 770, or in the absence of any of the foregoing, a friend, or a person charged by law with the responsibility for burial. If 2 or more such persons assume custody of the body, the consent of one of them shall be deemed sufficient.","path":["Chs. 145-160, Public Health","Chapter 157 Disposition Of Human Remains","SUBCHAPTER I CORPSES"],"source_url":"https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/statutes/157.05","current_through":"2023-24 Wisconsin Statutes updated through 2025 Wis. Act 247 (published 9-4-26)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T12:00:58Z","sha256":"7b2a337471f38fd87b4849c51502af503ec98bcb48228152113545335ebf831b","source_id":"us-wi","stale":false,"prev":"us-wi/wis.-stat.-157.04","next":"us-wi/wis.-stat.-157.055"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}