RSA 5-C:73 · Disinterment and Reinterment Procedures

5-C:73 Disinterment and Reinterment Procedures. –
I. The division shall retain a copy of the disinterment and reinterment permit and return the original to the applicant.
II. When the body is reinterred, the disinterment and reinterment permit shall be signed by the cemetery sexton or person in charge of the cemetery, or by the funeral director where there is no cemetery sexton, and forwarded within 6 days to the clerk of the city or town in which the reinterment takes place.
III. The clerk of the city or town of reinterment shall retain the copy of the disinterment and reinterment permit.
IV. A dead body deposited in a receiving vault awaiting spring burial shall not be considered a disinterment when removed from the vault for final disposition.
Source. 2005, 268:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.