§ 4200. Cadavers; duty of burial. 1. Except in the cases in which a\nright to dissect it is expressly conferred by law, every body of a\ndeceased person, within this state, shall be decently buried, naturally\norganically reduced, or incinerated within a reasonable time after\ndeath.\n 2. The provisions of this section shall not impair the right to carry\nthe body of a deceased person through this state, or to remove from this\nstate the body of a person who has died within it, for the purpose of\nburying the same elsewhere.\n
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