Arkansas Statutes
§ 20-17-705 — Wishes of deceased for disposition honored
Arkansas § 20-17-705
JurisdictionArkansas
Title20
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Bluebook
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-17-705 (2026).
Text
(a)An unclaimed dead human body shall not be surrendered under this subchapter to a medical school if there is proof that the deceased has during his or her last illness expressed his or her desire to be buried or otherwise interred.
(b)Any adult may by will or otherwise donate his or her body to a medical school under the Revised Arkansas Anatomical Gift Act, § 20-17-1201 et seq.
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Opinion No.
(Arkansas Attorney General Reports, 2006)
Legislative History
Amended by Act 2017, No. 147,§ 4, eff. 2/7/2017. Acts 1959, No. 22, § 7; A.S.A. 1947, § 82-405.5; Acts 1993, No. 403, § 13; 2007, No. 839, § 8.
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Arkansas § 20-17-705, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/ar/20-17-705.