142.4 Surrender to relatives.
1. When any dead body which has been delivered under this chapter for scientific purposes is subsequently claimed by any relative, it shall be at once surrendered to such relative for burial without public expense; and all bodies received under this chapter shall be held for a period of thirty days before being used. Unless such person claiming the body for burial pays the costs that have been incurred in the care and transportation of the body within thirty days after claiming it, all rights thereto shall cease and the body may then be used as if no claim had been made.
2. This section shall not apply to bodies given under authority of the revised uniform anatomical gift Act as provided in chapter 142C.
[C73, §4018; C97, §4946; S13, §4946-c, -d; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §2354; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §142.4]
2003 Acts, ch 108, §36; 2007 Acts, ch 44, §26; 2020 Acts, ch 1062, §94
Structure Iowa Code
Chapter 142 - DEAD BODIES FOR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSES
Section 142.1 - Delivery of bodies.
Section 142.2 - Furnished to physicians.
Section 142.3 - Notification of department.
Section 142.4 - Surrender to relatives.
Section 142.5 - Disposition after dissection.
Section 142.6 - Record of receipt.
Section 142.7 - Record and bodies.
Section 142.8 - Purpose for which body used.
Section 142.9 - Failure to deliver dead body.