Kentucky · Kentucky Revised Statutes — Penal Code (Ch. 500–534)
KRS (Penal Code) § 525.120: Abuse of a corpse
What this law says, in plain English
A person commits abuse of a corpse by intentionally treating a corpse in a way that outrages ordinary family sensibilities, or by accepting payment to prepare/bury/cremate a corpse and deliberately failing to do so. This is a Class D felony.
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