31-2802. BURIAL OR CREMATION OF UNCLAIMED BODIES. When no person takes charge of the body of the deceased within fourteen (14) days of death, the coroner shall cause the body to be decently interred or cremated; and if there is not sufficient property belonging to the estate of the deceased to pay the necessary expenses of the burial or cremation, the expenses are a legal charge against the county pursuant to the provisions of section 31-3412, Idaho Code.
History:
[(31-2802) 1874, p. 566, sec. 22; am. R.S., sec. 2081; reen. R.C. & C.L., sec. 2097; C.S., sec. 3676; I.C.A., sec. 30-2302; am. 2002, ch. 57, sec. 1, p. 126; am. 2012, ch. 208, sec. 1, p. 562.]
Structure Idaho Code
Title 31 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY LAW
Section 31-2802 - BURIAL OR CREMATION OF UNCLAIMED BODIES.
Section 31-2803 - DISPOSAL OF PROPERTY FOUND ON CORPSE.
Section 31-2804 - VERIFIED STATEMENT REQUIRED OF CORONER.
Section 31-2805 - DISTRICT JUDGE OR WHOMEVER HE ASSIGNS TO ACT AS CORONER.
Section 31-2806 - CORONER TO ACT AS SUBSTITUTE FOR SHERIFF.
Section 31-2807 - POWERS WHEN ACTING AS SHERIFF.
Section 31-2808 - MAKING FINAL DISPOSITION OF DEAD HUMAN BODIES PROHIBITED.