2015 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 451 - Dead Bodies
NRS 451.040 - Seizure of remains for debt; interference with dead body; penalty.
1. Every person who shall arrest or attach the dead body of a human being upon a debt or demand, or shall detain or claim to detain it for any debt or demand or upon any pretended lien or charge, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
2. Every person who, without authority of law, shall obstruct or detain a person engaged in carrying or accompanying the dead body of a human being to a place of burial or cremation shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
[1911 C&P § 211; RL § 6476; NCL § 10159]
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