Nevada Code § 451.040

Seizure of remains for debt; interference with dead body; penalty
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1. Every person who shall arrest or attach
the dead body of a human being upon a debt or demand, or shall detain or claim
to detain it for any debt or demand or upon any pretended lien or charge, shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor.
2. Every person who, without authority of
law, shall obstruct or detain a person engaged in carrying or accompanying the
dead body of a human being to a place of burial or cremation shall be guilty of
a misdemeanor.

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