Section 611-B:24 Release of Body.
The medical examiner, upon the completion of the investigation, shall release the dead body, upon their claim therefor, to one of the following persons:
I. The husband or wife, as the case may be.
II. The next of kin.
III. Any friend of the deceased.
Source. 2007, 324:1, eff. Sept. 14, 2007.