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Effective Jan 1, 2000Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 396, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2000.
- (a) Every person who, having knowledge of an accidental death, actively conceals or attempts to conceal that death, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for not more than one year, or by a fine of not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) nor more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or by both that fine and imprisonment.
(b) For purposes of this section, “to actively conceal an accidental death” means any of the following:
- (1) To perform an overt act that conceals the body or directly impedes the ability of authorities or family members to discover the body.
- (2) To directly destroy or suppress evidence of the actual physical body of the deceased, including, but not limited to, bodily fluids or tissues.
- (3) To destroy or suppress the actual physical instrumentality of death.