Georgia Code, Title 31, Chapter 21, Article 2 - Disposition of Unclaimed Dead Bodies

• § 31-21-20 - Board for the Distribution of Cadavers
  The academic deans of medical, osteopathic medical, and dental colleges or a representative appointed by the president of such schools incorporated under the laws...
• § 31-21-21 - Delivery to Board of Certain Unclaimed Bodies
  (a) All public officers of this state and their assistants and all officers and their deputies of every county, city, town, or other municipality...
• § 31-21-22 - Disposition of Bodies of Travelers Dying Suddenly
  Notice shall not be given nor shall any body be delivered pursuant to Code Section 31-21-21 if the deceased person was a traveler who...
• § 31-21-23 - Distribution of Bodies by Board
  The board for distribution or its duly authorized agent may distribute bodies received pursuant to Code Section 31-21-21 to and among the schools or...
• § 31-21-24 - Transportation of Bodies
  The board for distribution may employ a carrier or carriers for the conveyance of bodies described in Code Section 31-21-21, which bodies shall be...
• § 31-21-25 - Bonds
  No school or college shall be allowed or permitted to receive any body or bodies described in Code Section 31-21-21 until a bond shall...
• § 31-21-26 - Payment of Expenses
  Neither the state, county, municipality, nor officers thereof shall be placed at any expense by reason of delivery or distribution of bodies; but all...

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