N.Y. Public Health Law Section 4219
Arresting or attaching a dead body of a human being

A person who arrests or attaches the dead body of a human being upon any debt or demand whatever, or detains or claims to detain it for any debt or demand, or upon any pretended lien or charge, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

Source: Section 4219 — Arresting or attaching a dead body of a human being, https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/PBH/4219 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Jul. 26, 2025).

4209
Autopsies 4209–A
Procedure for obtaining identification by persons opposed to the dissection or autopsy of their bodies upon their death 4210
Deceased persons 4210–A
Unlawful dissection of the body of a human being 4210–B
Certain unauthorized autopsies 4210–C
Limitations to dissection or autopsy 4211
Cadavers 4212
Cadavers 4213
Cadavers 4214
Cadavers 4215
Cadavers 4216
Body stealing 4217
Receiving stolen body of a human being 4218
Opening graves 4219
Arresting or attaching a dead body of a human being 4220
Disturbing funerals 4221
Removal of eyes and/or parts thereof after death 4222
Removal of corneal tissue for transplant and pituitary gland tissue for the extraction of growth hormone

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Original Source: Section 4219 — Arresting or attaching a dead body of a human being, https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/PBH/4219 (last accessed Jul. 26, 2025).

N.Y. Public Health Law Section 4219 Arresting or attaching a dead body of a human being

N.Y. Public Health Law Section 4219
Arresting or attaching a dead body of a human being