A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to make it a criminal offense to conceal the death of a person.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Article 52 of Chapter 14 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 14‑401.22.  Concealment of death.
(a)	Any person who, with the intent to conceal the death of a person, fails to notify a law enforcement authority of the death and secretly buries or otherwise disposes of a dead human body is guilty of a Class I felony.
(b)	Any person who aids, counsels, or abets any other person in concealing the death of a person is guilty of a Class A1 misdemeanor."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective December 1, 2005, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.