Iowa Statutes
§ 142.5 — Disposition after dissection
Iowa § 142.5
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Bluebook
Iowa Code § 142.5 (2026).
Text
The remains of every body received for scientific purposes under this chapter shall be
decently buried or cremated after it has been used for said purposes, and a failure to do
so shall be a simple misdemeanor.
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Legislative History
[C73, §4019; C97, §4947; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §2355; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77,
79, 81, §142.5]
Nearby Sections
15
§ 142.1
Delivery of bodies§ 142.10
Use without proper record§ 142.11
Penalties§ 142.13
Burial in private cemetery lot§ 142.2
Furnished to physicians§ 142.3
Notification of department§ 142.4
Surrender to relatives§ 142.5
Disposition after dissection§ 142.6
Record of receipt§ 142.7
Record and bodies§ 142.8
Purpose for which body used§ 142.9
Failure to deliver dead body§ 142C.1
Short title§ 142C.10A
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