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Indiana Code Title 36. Local Government § 36-2-14-17

Current as of January 02, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

Sec. 17. (a) A person who knowingly or intentionally fails to immediately notify the coroner or a law enforcement agency of the discovery of the body of a person who:

(1) has died from violence;

(2) has died in an apparently suspicious, unusual, or unnatural manner;  or

(3) has died at less than three (3) years of age;

commits a Class B infraction.  However, the failure to immediately notify under this subsection is a Class A misdemeanor if the person fails to immediately notify with the intent to hinder a criminal investigation.

(b) A person who, with the intent to hinder a criminal investigation and without the permission of the coroner or a law enforcement officer, knowingly or intentionally alters the scene of death of a person who has died:

(1) from violence;  or

(2) in an apparently suspicious, unusual, or unnatural manner;

commits a Level 6 felony.

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