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2019 Indiana Code
Title 23. Business and Other Associations
Article 14. Cemetery Associations
Chapter 54. Disposition of Dead Human Bodies
23-14-54-1. Time period for disposition
Universal Citation: IN Code § 23-14-54-1 (2019)
IC 23-14-54-1 Time period for disposition
Sec. 1. Subject to the rights of transportation and removal of dead human bodies or other disposition of dead human bodies, as provided by law, the remains of all individuals who die in Indiana or are shipped into Indiana shall be deposited:
(1) in the earth in an established cemetery;
(2) in a mausoleum;
(3) in a garden crypt; or
(4) in a columbarium;
within a reasonable time after death, except as ordered by the state department of health.
As added by P.L.52-1997, SEC.28.
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