# What is the Legal Status of the Undead? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 15, 2009, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-legal-status-of-the-undead/481417 "2009-01-15T13:10:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Mr.Slant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@Mr.Slant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Slant)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2009, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-legal-status-of-the-undead/481417/41 "2009-01-26T16:03:58Z")
Does immigration per se handle a Martian? He’s not human. I’m thinking of this as being analogous to a dog [or moose] wandering across the Canada-USA border. ---
**Author:** ![Bolt\_the\_Nut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bolt\_the\_Nut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bolt_the_Nut)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-legal-status-of-the-undead/481417/42 "2009-01-27T06:31:50Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > …have no remnants of their former human personalities, and are completely incapable of human standards of behavior. I’m confused. Are you talking about zombies or lawyers? ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-legal-status-of-the-undead/481417/43 "2009-01-31T19:19:10Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > Silly thread/article conflation: \*\* Can cryogenic cooling miraculously improve the Legal Status of the Undead?\*\* Well, in medicine we say that you’re not dead until you’re warm and dead [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-legal-status-of-the-undead/481417.md?page=2)