§ 10-402. Removing human remains without authority
West's Annotated Code of MarylandCriminal LawEffective: October 1, 2009
Effective: October 1, 2009
MD Code, Criminal Law, § 10-402
Formerly cited as MD CODE Art. 27, § 265
§ 10-402. Removing human remains without authority
(a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (f) of this section, a person may not remove or attempt to remove human remains from a burial site.
(b) Subject to subsection (c) of this section, the State's Attorney for a county may authorize in writing the removal of human remains from a burial site in the State's Attorney's jurisdiction:
(c)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (4) of this subsection, the State's Attorney for a county shall require a person who requests authorization to relocate permanently human remains from a burial site to publish a notice of the proposed relocation in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where the burial site is located.
(8) For a known, but not necessarily documented, unmarked burial site, the person requesting authorization for the removal of human remains from the burial site has the burden of proving by archaeological excavation or another acceptable method the precise location and boundaries of the burial site.
(d)(1) Any human remains that are removed from a burial site under this section shall be reinterred in:
(2) The location of the final disposition and treatment of human remains that are removed from a burial site under this section shall be entered into the local burial sites inventory or, if no local burial sites inventory exists, into a record or inventory deemed appropriate by the State's Attorney or the Maryland Historical Trust.
(e) This section may not be construed to:
(f)(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3) of this subsection, human remains or the remains of a decedent after cremation, as defined in § 5-508 of the Health--General Article, may be removed from a burial site within a permanent cemetery and reinterred in:
(ii) 1. A person who arranges for the reinterment of remains within a permanent cemetery under paragraph (1)(ii) of this subsection, within 30 days after the reinterment, shall publish a notice of the reinterment in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where the permanent cemetery is located.
(g) A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 5 years or a fine not exceeding $10,000 or both.
Credits
Added by Acts 2002, c. 26, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2002. Amended by Acts 2009, c. 675, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2009; Acts 2017, c. 62, § 6.
Formerly Art. 27, § 265.
MD Code, Criminal Law, § 10-402, MD CRIM LAW § 10-402
Current through legislation effective through April 9, 2023, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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