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2018 Georgia Code 17-10-43 | Car Wreck Lawyer

Link to State of Georgia Official Statute 2018 Georgia Code Annotated (sourced from legal.resource.org)

O.C.G.A. 17-10-43 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 17-10-43

TITLE 17 CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

Section 10. Sentence and Punishment, 17-10-1 through 17-10-71.

ARTICLE 2 DEATH PENALTY GENERALLY

17-10-43. Disposition of body of executed person; payment of expenses of transporting body.

The body of an executed person shall be delivered to the relatives of the person if they so desire; and, in case no claim is made by relatives for the body, it shall be disposed of in the same manner as bodies of inmates dying in a state correctional institution. If the nearest relatives of the person executed desire that the body be transported to the former home of the executed person, if in this state, the expenses of transportation shall be paid by the county governing authority of the county where the person was convicted, from any funds on hand in the treasury.

(Ga. L. 1924, p. 195, § 6; Code 1933, § 27-2517.)

Cross references.

- Disposition of unclaimed dead bodies generally, § 31-21-20 et seq.

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Cited in Meyers v. Whittle, 171 Ga. 509, 156 S.E. 120 (1930).

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