40A:9-56 - Unidentified, unclaimed dead bodies; disposition where no morgue keepers - New Jersey Statutes

40A:9-56.  Unidentified, unclaimed dead bodies; disposition where no morgue keepers40A:9-56.  In any county where there is no morgue keeper, the procedure as to the disposition of unidentified or unclaimed dead bodies shall be as nearly similar as in counties having a morgue keeper and the duties which would have been performed by the morgue keeper, if there were one, shall be performed by the county medical examiner.

L.1971, c.200, s.1; amended 2002, c.121, s.4.