N.J.S.A. 40A:9-56 — Disposition of unidentified, unclaimed dead bodies, no morgue keeper.

40A:9-56 Disposition of unidentified, unclaimed dead bodies, no morgue keeper. 40A: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 or intercounty medical examiner or the assistant county or intercounty medical examiner. amended 2002, c.121, s.4; 2018, c.62, s.45.

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