2021 Oregon Revised Statutes
Volume : 03 - Landlord-Tenant, Domestic Relations, Probate
Chapter 097 - Rights and Duties Relating to Cemeteries, Human Bodies and Anatomical Gift
Section 97.223 - Interment or temporary storage of human remains in case of natural disaster or other emergency.
(1) In the event of a natural disaster or similar emergency that causes interred human remains to be completely or partially dislodged from their original designated plot, the cemetery authority of the cemetery where the plot is located may, as the cemetery authority deems fit:
(a) Inter the human remains in the original designated plot;
(b) Temporarily store the human remains in a safe storage location until the cemetery authority can inter the human remains; or
(c) Inter the human remains in another plot in the cemetery.
(2) The cemetery authority shall, before performing an act specified in subsection (1)(b) or (c) of this section, make a reasonable attempt to identify the human remains and notify the person described in ORS 97.130 (2) who has authority to direct disposition of the remains of the deceased person.
(3) A cemetery authority that performs an act specified in subsection (1) of this section may not be held liable for performing that act.
(4) A person described in ORS 97.130 (2) who has the authority to direct disposition of the remains of the deceased person may not be held liable, or be considered to have violated a provision of ORS 97.110 to 97.450, if the person:
(a) Makes a request of the cemetery authority to undertake an action specified in subsection (1) of this section; or
(b) Personally undertakes an action specified in subsection (1) of this section. [2019 c.241 §2]
