§ 114-468. Human burials.


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  • F.S. ch. 872 (Offenses Concerning Dead Bodies and Graves) effects a third degree felony for persons who willfully and knowingly disturb any human burial remains. Any person who knows or has reasons to know that an unmarked human burial is being unlawfully disturbed, destroyed, defaced, mutilated, removed, excavated or exposed shall immediately notify the local law enforcement agency with jurisdiction in the areas where the unmarked human burial is located. Persons with knowledge of the disturbance who fail to notify the local law enforcement agency will be guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree. All subsequent actions concerning the subject of human burial shall be in compliance with F.S. ch. 872, or as amended.

(LDC 1997, ch. 18, § 1.09)