District Of Columbia § 22-3303 - Grave robbery; buying or selling dead bodies.
Full text of District Of Columbia D.C. Code § 22-3303 — Grave robbery; buying or selling dead bodies., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 22-3303. Grave robbery; buying or selling dead bodies.
22-3303Whoever, without legal authority or without the consent of the nearest surviving relative, shall disturb or remove any dead body from a grave for the purpose of dissecting, or of buying, selling, or in any way trafficking in the same, shall be imprisoned not less than 1 year nor more than 3 years. In addition to any other penalty provided under this section, a person may be fined an amount not more than the amount set forth in .
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Section 22-3303 ("Grave robbery; buying or selling dead bodies.") is part of the D.C. Code, the codified statutory law of District Of Columbia. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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