52:17B-89 - Report of death; violation - New Jersey Statutes

52:17B-89.  Report of death;  violation
    Any person who may become aware of any death by criminal violence or by accident or suicide or in any suspicious or unusual manner, shall report such death to the office of county medical examiner, the office of State Medical Examiner, or to the police department of the municipality in which such person died.

    Any person who shall willfully neglect or refuse to report such death, or who, without an order from the office of county medical examiner or the office of State Medical Examiner, shall willfully touch, remove or disturb the body of  any such person, or touch, remove or disturb the clothing upon or near such  body, is a disorderly person.

     L.1967, c. 234, s. 12, eff. Jan. 1, 1968.