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ME LD250
Bill
AI Summary
- Reduces the waiting period for the Chief Medical Examiner to assume responsibility for abandoned human remains from 30 days to 15 days
- Applies to identified remains of deceased Maine residents that are subject to a medical examiner case and unclaimed after autopsy or examination
- Requires reasonable inquiry to locate next of kin before remains can be declared abandoned
- Abandoned remains may be interred or cremated, with a certificate of abandonment filed in the municipality where remains were recovered
- Signed into law as Public Law Chapter 14 on March 25, 2025
Legislative Description
An Act Regarding the Disposal of Abandoned Human Remains
Death
Last Action
PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
3/20/2025
Committee Referrals
Judiciary1/21/2025
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