NRS 451.040
Seizure of remains for debt

  • interference with dead body
  • penalty.

1.

Every person who shall arrest or attach the dead body of a human being upon a debt or demand, or shall detain or claim to detain it for any debt or demand or upon any pretended lien or charge, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

2.

Every person who, without authority of law, shall obstruct or detain a person engaged in carrying or accompanying the dead body of a human being to a place of burial or cremation shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

Source: Section 451.040 — Seizure of remains for debt; interference with dead body; penalty., https://www.­leg.­state.­nv.­us/NRS/NRS-451.­html#NRS451Sec040.

Last Updated

Feb. 5, 2021

§ 451.040’s source at nv​.us