Oklahoma § 59-396.20 - Suspicion of crime - Embalming body without permission
Full text of Oklahoma Oklahoma Statutes § 59-396.20 — Suspicion of crime - Embalming body without permission, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 59-396.20. Suspicion of crime - Embalming body without permission
unlawful.
It shall be unlawful to embalm a dead human body when any fact
within the knowledge or brought to the attention of the embalmer is
sufficient to arouse suspicion of crime in connection with the cause
of death of the deceased, until permission of the Chief Medical
Examiner has been first obtained.
Added by Laws 1941, p. 242, § 21, emerg. eff. May 20, 1941. Amended
by Laws 2003, c. 57, § 20, emerg. eff. April 10, 2003.
Source: official Oklahoma text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 59-396.20 ("Suspicion of crime - Embalming body without permission") is part of the Oklahoma Statutes, the codified statutory law of Oklahoma. 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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