Section 12.65.100. Unclaimed bodies.

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When a person dies and no person appears to claim the body for burial, and no provision is made for the body under AS 13.52, the Department of Health and Social Services, upon notification, shall request a court order authorizing the body to be plainly and decently buried or cremated and the remains decently interred. A judicial officer shall issue the requested order upon the sworn testimony or statement of a representative of the Department of Health and Social Services that a person has not appeared to claim the body for burial and provision is not made for the body under AS 13.52.

Authorities

12.65.110;22.15.110

Notes

References

AS 12.65.110 Inventory and disposition of property.
AS 22.15.110 Additional duties of district judge and magistrate.

History

(Sec. 10.10 ch 34 SLA 1962; am Sec. 2 ch 131 SLA 1970; am Sec. 6 ch 104 SLA 1971; am Sec. 1 ch 20 SLA 1973; am Sec. 9 ch 107 SLA 1982; am Sec. 7 ch 103 SLA 1996; am Sec. 2 ch 83 SLA 2004)

                    
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