Connecticut § 53-334 Unlawful disinterment.

Connecticut Statutes

§ 53-334 — Unlawful disinterment.

Connecticut § 53-334

Title 53Crimes

Ch. 946Offenses Against Public Policy

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Bluebook

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53-334 (2026).

Text

Any person who opens the grave or tomb where any corpse has been deposited, or removes any corpse from its place of sepulture, without the consent of the husband or wife or the near relatives of the deceased, or receives, conceals or secretes any corpse so removed, or assists in any surgical or anatomical experiments or demonstrations therewith or dissection thereof, knowing it to have been so removed, except as provided in section 19a-413, shall be guilty of a class D felony. See Sec. 54-50 re reward for information regarding unlawful disinterment of corpse.

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Any person who opens the grave or tomb where any corpse has been deposited, or removes any corpse from its place of sepulture, without the consent of the husband or wife or the near relatives of the deceased, or receives, conceals or secretes any corpse so removed, or assists in any surgical or anatomical experiments or demonstrations therewith or dissection thereof, knowing it to have been so removed, except as provided in section 19a-413, shall be guilty of a class D felony. See Sec. 54-50 re reward for information regarding unlawful disinterment of corpse.

Legislative History

(1949 Rev., S. 8635; 1969, P.A. 699, S. 30; P.A. 13-258, S. 116.) History: 1969 act added exception re Sec. 19-537; P.A. 13-258 changed penalty from fine of not more than $2,000 and imprisonment of not more than 5 years to a class D felony.