{"data":{"id":"us-wi/wis.-stat.-440.87","jurisdiction":"us-wi","citation":"Wis. Stat. § 440.87","heading":"Exceptions.","body":"This subchapter does not apply to a person who is performing his or her duties as an officer of a public institution, medical school, medical college, county medical society, anatomical association, or accredited college of embalming, or to a person acting in accordance with a statute prescribing the conditions under which donated or indigent dead human bodies are held subject for anatomical study, or to a person who is acting according to the burial customs or rites of a religious sect to which the person belongs or subscribes.","path":["Chs. 440-480, Regulation and Licensing","Chapter 440 Department Of Safety And Professional Services","SUBCHAPTER VII CREMATORY AUTHORITIES"],"source_url":"https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/statutes/440.87","current_through":"2023-24 Wisconsin Statutes updated through 2025 Wis. Act 247 (published 9-4-26)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T12:01:24Z","sha256":"a4c29e6efd81bade5233b825c8f508a7cc8cdc4594708aaf12d2f5c80a722f99","source_id":"us-wi","stale":false,"prev":"us-wi/wis.-stat.-440.86","next":"us-wi/wis.-stat.-440.88"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}
