N.Y. SCP Law § 1209
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Reports of deaths and burials 1
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§ 1209. Reports of deaths and burials\n 1. Every person keeping a hotel, boarding or rooming house in any of\nthe counties to which this article applies shall report to the public\nadministrator of his county information concerning every person not a\nmember of his family who shall die in his hotel, boarding or rooming\nhouse, within 12 hours after such death.\n 2. The chief medical examiner or such similar public officer of each\ncounty to which this article applies within 12 hours after an inquest\nshall report in writing to the public administrator of his county,\ninformation, if known, regarding the decedent.\n 3. Every undertaker shall file a report in writing with the public\nadministrator of his county upon the form provided by him, within 12\nhours after receiving an order for the burial by him of any decedent\nhaving no known distributees or having been survived only by cousins or\nrelatives by marriage, such information regarding the decedent which he\nmay have.\n
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