(1) A person commits the crime of obstructing the keeping of vital records or reports if the person knowingly and willfully:
- (a) Refuses to provide information required by this chapter or rules adopted under this chapter;
- (b) Transports or accepts for transportation, interment or other disposition a dead body without an accompanying permit as provided in this chapter; or
- (c) Fails to perform in a timely manner any of the provisions of this chapter.
- (2) The provisions of subsection (1)(c) of this section do not apply to the officers or employees of the courts of this state acting in an official capacity.
- (3) Obstructing the keeping of vital records or reports is a Class A misdemeanor.
[1997 c.783 §43; 2013 c.366 §46]