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2014 Wyoming Statutes
TITLE 6 - CRIMES AND OFFENSES
CHAPTER 4 - OFFENSES AGAINST MORALS, DECENCY AND FAMILY
ARTICLE 5 - DESECRATING GRAVES AND BODIES
6-4-501. Opening graves and removing bodies; penalty; exception.


WY Stat § 6-4-501 (2014) What's This?

6-4-501. Opening graves and removing bodies; penalty; exception.

(a) A person who opens a grave or tomb and removes a body or remains of a deceased person for any purpose without the knowledge and consent of near relations of the deceased commits a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00).

(b) This section does not prohibit exhumation if ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction.

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