2006 New Hampshire Statutes - Section 611:5 Charge of Body.

    I. Whenever the medical examiner has notice that there has been found or is lying within the medical examiner's jurisdiction the body of a person whose death is supposed to have been caused in a manner described in RSA 611:3, the medical examiner shall take charge of the body and may go to the place where such body lies, may transport the remains, or give permission for moving the body to an appropriate place for viewing.
    II. The provisions of paragraph I notwithstanding, whenever there is the body of a person whose death is supposed to have been caused in a manner described in RSA 611:3, and the medical examiner is unavailable, the chief medical examiner shall be promptly notified and shall assume jurisdiction.

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