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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