§ 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.
Arresting or attaching a dead body of a human being
N.Y. Public Health Law § 4219, under Autopsy and Dissection.
N.Y. Public Health Law § 4219