1. After an investigation has been completed, including an autopsy if one is made, the body shall be delivered to a relative or friend of the deceased person for burial or other appropriate disposition. A medical examiner shall not use influence in favor of a particular funeral director. If no one claims a body, it shall be disposed of as provided in chapter 142.
2. If no one is entitled by law to the property or money found on a deceased person, the property shall be deposited with the clerk of the district court who shall dispose of it as provided by law.
[C51, § 200; R60, § 410; C73, § 366; C97, § 527, 532, 533; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 5215, 5216; C46, 50, 54, 58, § 339.19, 339.20; C62, 66, § 339.10, 339.11; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 339.11, 339.12; S81, § 331.804; 81 Acts, ch 117, § 803]
Referred to in § 141A.5, 144.56
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