§ 36-2-14-16 — Counties over 400,000 population; disposition of unclaimed bodies

Indiana § 36-2-14-16

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 36: LOCAL GOVERNMENT
• Art. 2: GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES GENERALLY
• Ch. 14: County Coroner

Text

(a) This section applies to each county
having a population of more than four hundred thousand (400,000).
(b) For purposes of this section, a body is unclaimed if:
(1) a person cannot be located to take custody of the body; or
(2) there is a person to take custody of the body, but that person
cannot or will not assume financial responsibility for disposition
of the body.
(c) Except as provided in IC 21-44-2, the coroner may order the
burial or cremation of any unclaimed body left in the coroner's custody.
(d) If the deceased died without leaving money or other means
necessary to defray the funeral expenses, the coroner may contract with
a funeral director licensed under IC 25-15 to dispose of the body. The
necessary and reasonable expenses for disposing of the body shall be
paid by the county auditor upon the order of the coroner.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.106-1986, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.3-1990, SEC.123; P.L.2-2007, SEC.385.