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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>359465</law_id><section_number>32.1-304</section_number><catch_line>General penalty for violation</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="75" identifier="32.1">Health</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="11" identifier="8">Postmortem Examinations and Services</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="3" identifier="3">Use of Dead Human Bodies for Scientific Study</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>If any <span class="dictionary">person</span> fail or refuse to perform any duty imposed upon him by this article, he shall, unless otherwise provided, be guilty of a Class 3 <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 32-364; 1979, c. 711.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
