38-5-118 - Disposition of body of decedent. - Tennessee Statutes

38-5-118. Disposition of body of decedent.

After the inquisition, the coroner may deliver the body of the deceased to the deceased's friends, if there are any; but, if not, the coroner shall cause the deceased to be decently buried, and the expense to be paid from the property found with the body, or, if there is none, from the county treasury, by certifying an account of the expenses to the county mayor, who shall allow and pay the expenses, if deemed reasonable, as other claims on the county.

[Code 1858, § 5314; Shan., § 7292; Code 1932, § 11893; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 16, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 38-418, Acts 2003, ch. 90, § 2.]