§21-1160.

§21-1160.
   
   The person charged by law with the duty of burying the body of a
   deceased person is entitled to the custody of such body for the
   purpose of burying it, except that in the cases in which an inquest is
   required by law to be held upon a dead body, the officer holding the
   inquest is entitled to its custody until such inquest has been
   completed.