GEORGIA CODE (Last Updated: August 20, 2013) |
Title 31. HEALTH |
Chapter 21. DEAD BODIES |
Article 2. DISPOSITION OF UNCLAIMED DEAD BODIES |
Section 31-21-26. Payment of expenses
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- Neither the state, county, municipality, nor officers thereof shall be placed at any expense by reason of delivery or distribution of bodies; but all expenses thereof shall be borne by those receiving the body or bodies as prescribed by the board for distribution.
Ga. L. 1887, p. 87, § 8; Civil Code 1895, § 1518; Civil Code 1910, § 1762; Code 1933, § 88-708; Code 1933, § 88-2708, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1.