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225 ILCS 41/5-20

(225 ILCS 41/5-20)

(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028)

Sec. 5-20. Disposition of unclaimed cremated remains.

The holder of a license is
authorized at his or her discretion to effect a final disposition of the unclaimed cremated remains
 of any cremated human body if no person lawfully entitled to the
custody of the remains makes or has made a proper request for them within 60 days of the date of death of the person whose body was cremated.

(Source: P.A. 102-881, eff. 1-1-23.)