Concealment of a human corpse · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 195.02 Concealment of a human corpse.
A person is guilty of concealment of a human corpse when, having a reasonable expectation that a human corpse or a part thereof will be produced for or used as physical evidence in: (a) an official proceeding; (b) an autopsy as part of a criminal investigation; or (c) an examination by law enforcement personnel as part of a criminal investigation; such person, alone or in concert with another, conceals, alters or destroys such corpse or part thereof with the intent to prevent its production, use or discovery.
Concealment of a human corpse is a class E felony.
When a person reasonably expects a human corpse or body part to be produced for or used as physical evidence in (a) an official proceeding, (b) an autopsy as part of a criminal investigation, or (c) a law-enforcement examination as part of a criminal investigation, the person commits this offense by concealing, altering, or destroying it with intent to prevent its production, use, or discovery, alone or with another. ★ It is a class E felony.
Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.
This provision appears in Volume 4 — The Court Clerk: Penal Law; Volume 1 — The Court Officer in Plain English; Volume 3 — The Court Officer: Penal Law; Volume 3 — Your Career: Penal Law in Plain English.