Massachusetts Statutes

§ 5 — Autopsies

Massachusetts § 5
JurisdictionMassachusetts
Part IADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT
Title XVIPUBLIC HEALTH
Ch. 113PROMOTION OF ANATOMICAL SCIENCE

This text of Massachusetts § 5 (Autopsies) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Massachusetts primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 113, § 5 (2026).

Text

Section 5. Before surrendering the body of any such person as provided in the four preceding sections, the chief medical officer of any institution named in section one may, if the cause of the death cannot otherwise be determined and if such body is unclaimed by relatives or friends, cause an autopsy to be made upon it.

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

View on official source ↗

Cite This Page — Counsel Stack

Bluebook (online)
Massachusetts § 5, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/ma/113/5.