Title 31, Chapter 21, Section 42
( 31-21-42)
If any person makes affidavit to facts to authorize the coroner to
disinter a body or the coroner does so of his own motion and such
affidavit is made or disinterment carried out without good grounds
or from malice or mischief, the person so swearing or the coroner so
officiating shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. In such cases, all
circumstances shall be considered by the coroner's jury; and, if it
believes there were reasonable grounds for the disinterment at the
time it took place, it shall be its duty to acquit. |