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Abuse of a corpse

KRS 525.120
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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. Effective: June 27, 2019 History: Amended 2019 Ky. Acts ch. 60, sec. 1, effective June 27, 2019. -- Amended 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 276, sec. 8, effective July 15, 2002. -- Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 490, sec. 1, effective July 14, 2000. -- Created 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 406, sec. 222, effective January 1, 1975. Legislative Research Commission Note (6/27/2019). Section 2 of 2019 Ky. Acts ch. 60 states that the Act, which amended this statute, may be cited as Kristen's Law.
Source: Kentucky Legislative Research Commission (legislature.ky.gov)URL: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=48745Fetched: 10/20/2026

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