Indiana § 15-17-11-17 - Transportation vehicles: specifications
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§ 15-17-11-17. Transportation vehicles: specifications
Sec. 17. A transport vehicle must be constructed:
(1) in a manner that is practically watertight so that drippings or seepage from dead bodies does not escape from the vehicles if the drippings or seepage can be prevented;
(2) with an endgate designed to prevent drippings and seepage from escaping from the vehicle while transporting dead bodies; and
(3) in a manner that completely conceals the dead bodies in the transport vehicle from view of persons using the highways and any public nuisance is prevented during transport.
[Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-2.1-16-17.]
As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.8.
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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