2017 Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 194 Death — Disposition of Dead Bodies
Section 194.100 Transportation of bodies where cause of death is noncontagious.
Effective 28 Aug 1939
Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 194194.100. Transportation of bodies where cause of death is noncontagious. — The body of any person having died of a cause or disease that is not contagious, infectious or communicable, and from which no offensive odor emits, may be offered to and accepted by any common carrier for transportation; provided, the destination can be reached within twenty-four hours from the time of death of such person, but if the destination cannot be reached within twenty-four hours from the time of such death, then the body must be thoroughly embalmed by arterial and cavity injection with a disinfecting fluid, or encased in an airtight metal or metal-lined burial case, coffin, casket or box that is closed and hermetically sealed.
(RSMo 1939 § 9787)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 9066; 1919 § 5822; 1909 § 6690