Statutes > Arkansas Statutes > Title 20 - Public Health And Welfare > Subtitle 2 - Health And Safety > Chapter 17 - Death and Disposition of the Dead > Subchapter 7 - Unclaimed Bodies > § 20-17-701 - Rights of coroner, justice of the peace, or courts unaffected.

§ 20-17-701 - Rights of coroner, justice of the peace, or courts unaffected.

20-17-701. Rights of coroner, justice of the peace, or courts unaffected.

None of the provisions of this subchapter shall affect the right of a coroner or a justice of the peace to hold the dead body as described under 20-17-703 for the purpose of investigating the cause of death, nor shall this subchapter affect the right of any court of competent jurisdiction from entering an order affecting the disposition of the body.