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Title XLVI CRIMES

Chapter 872 OFFENSES CONCERNING DEAD BODIES AND GRAVES Entire Chapter

SECTION 03
Cremating human bodies; limitation.

F.S. 872.03

872.03 Cremating human bodies; limitation.—

(1) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to cremate any dead human body prior to the expiration of 48 hours after the death of such human body.

(2) Anyone convicted for the violation of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

History.—ss. 1, 2, ch. 21780, 1943; s. 1135, ch. 71-136.