New York Public Health Law Section 4219 - Arresting or attaching a dead body of a human being.

4219. Arresting or attaching a dead body of a human being. A person who arrests or attaches the dead body of a human being upon any debt or demand whatever, or detains or claims to detain it for any debt or demand, or upon any pretended lien or charge, is guilty of a misdemeanor.


Last modified: February 3, 2019