§21-1158.

§21-1158.
   
   The duty of burying the body of a deceased person devolves upon the
   persons hereinafter specified:
   
   1. The person or persons designated in subsection B of Section 1151 of
   this title.
   
   2. If the deceased was married at the time of his or her death, the
   duty of burial devolves upon the spouse of the deceased.
   
   3. If the deceased was not married, but left any kindred, the duty of
   burial devolves upon any person or persons in the same degree nearest
   of kin to the deceased, being of adult age, and possessed of
   sufficient means to defray the necessary expenses.
   
   4. If the deceased left no spouse, nor kindred, answering to the
   foregoing description, the duty of burial devolves upon the officer
   conducting an inquest upon the body of the deceased, if any such
   inquest is held; if none, then upon the persons charged with the
   support of the poor in the locality in which the death occurs.
   
   5. In case the person upon whom the duty of burial is cast by the
   foregoing provisions omits to make such burial within a reasonable
   time, the duty devolves upon the person next specified; and if all
   omit to act, it devolves upon the tenant, or, if there be no tenant,
   upon the owner of the premises where the death occurs or the body is
   found.