New Hampshire § 291-1 - Section 291:1 Request for Body.
Full text of New Hampshire New Hampshire Revised Statutes Annotated § 291-1 — Section 291:1 Request for Body., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 291-1. Section 291:1 Request for Body.
It shall be the duty of the county commissioners of any county, the mayor and aldermen of any city, the overseers of the poor of any town, the warden of the state prison and the keeper of any jail in the state, upon previous request in writing by any physician or surgeon of this state (preference being given to instructors in medical schools established by law), to notify such physician or surgeon whenever the body of any person dying in their county, city, town, or in the state prison or a jail, required to be buried at the public expense, comes into their possession, charge or control, and to give permission to such physician or surgeon to take such body to be by him used within the state for the advancement of anatomical and medical science.
Source: official New Hampshire text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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What does New Hampshire Revised Statutes Annotated § 291-1 cover?
Section 291-1 ("Section 291:1 Request for Body.") is part of the New Hampshire Revised Statutes Annotated, the codified statutory law of New Hampshire. 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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