Nevada Code § 451.030

Removal of remains for sale or dissection; purchases; punishment
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1. A person who removes the dead body of a
human being, or any part thereof, from a grave, vault or other place where it
has been buried or deposited awaiting burial or cremation, without authority of
law, with the intent to sell it, or for the purpose of securing a reward for
its return, or for dissection, or from malice or wantonness, is guilty of a
category D felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130 .
2. A person who purchases or receives,
except for burial or cremation, any such dead body, or any part thereof,
knowing that it has been removed contrary to the provisions of subsection 1, is
guilty of a category D felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130 .
3. A person who opens a grave or other
place of interment, temporary or otherwise, or a building where such a dead
body is deposited while awaiting burial or cremation, without authority of law,
with the intent to remove the body or any part thereof, for the purpose of
selling or demanding money for it, for dissection, from malice or wantonness,
or with the intent to sell or remove the coffin or any part thereof or anything
attached thereto, or any vestment or other article interred or intended to be
interred with the body, is guilty of a category D felony and shall be punished
as provided in NRS 193.130 .

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