Maine Statutes
§ 17-A §508 — Abuse of corpse
Maine·Title 17-A MAINE CRIMINAL CODE·Part 2 SUBSTANTIVE OFFENSES·Ch. 21 OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER
1.A person is guilty of abuse of corpse if he intentionally and unlawfully disinters, digs up, removes, conceals, mutilates or destroys a human corpse, or any part or the ashes thereof.
2.It is a defense to prosecution under this section that the actor was a physician, scientist or student who had in his possession, or used human bodies or parts thereof lawfully obtained, for anatomical, physiological or other scientific investigation or instruction.
3.Abuse of corpse is a Class D crime.
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Legislative History
PL 1975, c. 499, §1 (NEW).
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