Section 525.120 - Abuse of a corpse(1) A person is guilty of abuse of a corpse when except as authorized by law he intentionally treats a corpse in a way that would outrage ordinary family sensibilities. A person shall also be guilty of abuse of a corpse if that person enters into a contract and accepts remuneration for the preparation of a corpse for burial or the burial or cremation of a corpse and then deliberately fails to prepare, bury, or cremate that corpse in accordance with that contract.(2) Abuse of a corpse is a Class D felony.Amended by 2019 Ky. Acts ch. 60,§ 1, eff. 6/26/2019.Effective:7/15/2002
Amended 2002, Ky. Acts ch. 276, sec. 8, effective7/15/2002. -- Amended 2000, Ky. Acts ch. 490, sec. 1, effective 7/14/2000. -- Created 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 406, sec. 222, effective 1/1/1975.