Arizona.
Mutilation, etc., of dead body is a felony (Pen. Code, sec. 491).
Removal of a part of body unlawfully is punishable (Pen. Code, sec. 492).
Duty of burying body is, if a married woman, on husband; if not a married woman, on nearest of kin who is an adult possessed of sufficient means. If deceased has no relatives, on coroner holding inquest or overseers, etc., of poor (Pen. Code, sec. 493).
Refusal of one on whom duty of burial is imposed by law, is punishable (Pen. Code, sec. 494).
Arrest or attachment of a dead body is a misdemeanor (Pen. Code, sec. 496 et seq.).
Coroner to hold inquest and direct autopsy (Pen. Code, sec. 2,309 et seq.).
Person whose duty it is to bury is entitled to custody except where coroner holds it until inquest is completed (Pen. Code, sec. 495).
Arkansas.
Bodies of persons dying in alms-house, prison, house of correction, or jail shall be surrendered to a physician for dissection, etc., unless the deceased request to be buried or the body is claimed by relatives, or unless deceased died suddenly and unknown; and after such use for dissection it shall be decently buried (R. S., sec. 2,552).