N.Y. Surr. Ct. Proc. Act § 1113

Current through 2024 NY Law Chapters 1-59 and 61-121
Section 1113 - Reports of deaths and burials
1. Every person keeping a hotel, boarding or rooming house in any of the counties to which this article applies shall report in writing to the public administrator of his county information concerning every person not a member of his family who shall die in his hotel or house within 12 hours after such death.
2. The chief medical examiner or such similar public officer of each county to which this article applies within 12 hours after an inquest shall report in writing to the public administrator of his county, such information regarding the decedent which he may have.
3. Every undertaker shall file a report in writing with the public administrator of his county within 12 hours after receiving an order for the burial by him of any decedent having no known distributees or having been survived only by cousins or relatives by marriage, such information regarding the decedent which he may have.

N.Y. Surr. Ct. Proc. Act Law § 1113