When no person takes charge of the body of the deceased within fourteen (14) days of death, the coroner shall cause the body to be decently interred or cremated; and if there is not sufficient property belonging to the estate of the deceased to pay the necessary expenses of the burial or cremation, the expenses are a legal charge against the county pursuant to the provisions of section 31-3412 , Idaho Code.

[(31-2802) 1874, p. 566, sec. 22; am. R.S., sec. 2081; reen. R.C. & C.L., sec. 2097; C.S., sec. 3676; I.C.A., sec. 30-2302; am. 2002, ch. 57, sec. 1, p. 126; am. 2012, ch. 208, sec. 1, p. 562.]