New Hampshire Revised Statutes 227-C:8-i – Prohibited Acts
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No person shall:
I. Knowingly acquire any human remains removed from unmarked burials in New Hampshire after January 1, 1987, except in accordance with the provisions of this chapter;
II. Knowingly exhibit any human remains acquired from unmarked burials in New Hampshire;
III. Knowingly sell any human remains; or
IV. Knowingly retain human remains acquired from unmarked burials in New Hampshire after January 1, 1987, for scientific analysis beyond a period of time provided for such analysis pursuant to the provisions of N.H. Rev. Stat. § 227-C:8-d through 8-f, with the exception of those remains curated under the provisions of N.H. Rev. Stat. § 227-C:8-g.
I. Knowingly acquire any human remains removed from unmarked burials in New Hampshire after January 1, 1987, except in accordance with the provisions of this chapter;
Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 227-C:8-i
- Human remains: or "remains" means any part of the body of deceased human being in any stage of decomposition, together with any artifacts or other materials known or reliably assumed to have been on or interred with the deceased human being. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 227-C:1
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies corporate and politic as well as to individuals. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:9
- remains: means any part of the body of deceased human being in any stage of decomposition, together with any artifacts or other materials known or reliably assumed to have been on or interred with the deceased human being. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 227-C:1
II. Knowingly exhibit any human remains acquired from unmarked burials in New Hampshire;
III. Knowingly sell any human remains; or
IV. Knowingly retain human remains acquired from unmarked burials in New Hampshire after January 1, 1987, for scientific analysis beyond a period of time provided for such analysis pursuant to the provisions of N.H. Rev. Stat. § 227-C:8-d through 8-f, with the exception of those remains curated under the provisions of N.H. Rev. Stat. § 227-C:8-g.