§841-10 Decent
burial. When any coroner or deputy coroner takes an inquest upon the dead
body of a stranger or indigent person or, being called for that purpose, does
not determine it necessary, on view of the body, that any inquest should be
taken, the coroner or deputy coroner shall cause the body to be decently buried
or undergo cremation as defined in section 531B-2. A burial-transit permit
authorizing a burial or cremation shall be secured from the local agent of the
department of health by the person in charge of the burial or cremation. [L
1935, c 90, §9; RL 1945, §10909; RL 1955, §260-10; HRS §715-10; ren L 1972, c
9, pt of §1; am L 1973, c 17, §3; gen ch 1985; am L 2000, c 101, §4; am L 2022,
c 294, §13]
Case Notes
Duty of burial. 42 H. 500 (1958).