Statute · New York Public Health Law
N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 4219 — Arresting or attaching a dead body of a human being
N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 4219
- Type
- Statute
- Source
- New York Public Health Law
- Jurisdiction
- New York
- Current through
- Nov 5, 2026 (NY Senate Open Legislation)
§ 4219. Arresting or attaching a dead body of a human being. A person who arrests or attaches the dead body of a human being upon any debt or demand whatever, or detains or claims to detain it for any debt or demand, or upon any pretended lien or charge, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Citator
N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 4219 — Arresting or attaching a dead body of a human being is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.
§ 4219. Arresting or attaching a dead body of a human being. A person who arrests or attaches the dead body of a human being upon any debt or demand whatever, or detains or claims to detain it for any debt or demand, or upon any pretended lien or charge, is guilty of a misdemeanor.