2006 New Hampshire Statutes - Section 611:15 Unclaimed Body.

If a dead body is unidentified or unclaimed for a period of not less than 48 hours following the view thereof, the medical examiner shall deliver the body to the overseer of public welfare in the town or, in the case of an unincorporated place, to a county commissioner, who shall decently bury or cremate the body, or, with the consent of the commissioners or the overseer, it may be sent to the medical department of a medical school or university, to be used for the advancement of the science of anatomy and surgery, as provided for by law.

Source. 1995, 278:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.