The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
Subchapter
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PREPAID FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS
(Cite as: 26 V.S.A. § 1277)
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§ 1277. Suspicious cases
A person shall not embalm or introduce any fluid into a body of a person who has died
under suspicious circumstances or when a criminal cause of death is suspected until
after a legal investigation has determined the facts. An embalmer shall forthwith
report any such case to the office of the Chief Medical Examiner and obtain permission
to embalm the body. (Added 2009, No. 35, § 25.)