Iowa Statutes
§ 142.9 — Failure to deliver dead body
Iowa § 142.9
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Bluebook
Iowa Code § 142.9 (2026).
Text
Any person having the custody of the dead body of any human being which is required to
be delivered for scientific purposes by this chapter, who shall fail to notify the department
of health and human services of the existence of such body, or fail to deliver the same in
accordance with the instructions of the department, shall be guilty of a simple misdemeanor.
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Legislative History
[S13, §4946-e; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §2359; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81,
§142.9]
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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