2013 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 451 - Dead Bodies
NRS 451.045 - Permit for disinterment or removal of human remains within State.
1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 451.050, the local health officer may issue a permit for the disinterment or removal of human remains. The permit must indicate the name of the cemetery, mausoleum, columbarium or other place of burial where the remains will be interred, inurned or buried.
2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, a person in charge of a cemetery, mausoleum, columbarium or other place of burial shall not disinter or remove or permit disinterment or removal of human remains unless the person has received a copy of such a permit.
3. A person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.
4. A county coroner is not required to obtain a permit from the local health officer for the disinterment, removal or transportation of human remains while carrying out his or her duties as the county coroner.
(Added to NRS by 1961, 254; A 1989, 381)
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