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2025 Code of Georgia
Title 31 - Health (Chs. 1 — 54)
Chapter 21 - Dead Bodies (Arts. 1 — 3)
Article 1 - General Provisions (§§ 31-21-1 — 31-21-7)
- § 31-21-1. Approved disinfectant; embalming
- § 31-21-2. Conflict with authority of Commissioner of Agriculture
- § 31-21-3. Death of person with infectious or communicable disease; reporting requirements; confidentiality; penalty
- § 31-21-4. Cremated or organically reduced remains; burial at sea; notification; disposition of remains
- § 31-21-5. Incineration or cremation of dead body or parts thereof
- § 31-21-6. [Effective July 1, 2026] Notification of law enforcement agency upon disturbance, destruction, or debasement of human remains
- § 31-21-7. Right of disposition of remains; preneed contracts; funeral home liability
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