O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 31-21-22 (2019)

Disposition of bodies of travelers dying suddenly

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Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.
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Notice shall not be given nor shall any body be delivered pursuant to Code Section 31-21-21 if the deceased person was a traveler who died suddenly. In such cases, the next of kin shall be notified concerning the disposition of the dead body. If no next of kin is located, or no replies from next of kin are received, or the body is unclaimed within 72 hours, the procedure indicated in this chapter shall apply.

History

Ga. L. 1887, p. 87, § 2; Civil Code 1895, § 1513; Civil Code 1910, § 1757; Code 1933, § 88-703; Code 1933,

§ 88-2703, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1.

Annotations

RESEARCH REFERENCES C.J.S. - 25A C.J.S., Dead Bodies, §§ 4, 5, 9, 11, 12, 13, 16 et seq.