N.D. Admin Code 33-05-01-05 - Cemeteries
1. All cemeteries must be registered with the
state department of health on forms provided by the department.
2. All cemeteries must be surveyed by a
registered land surveyor prior to filing a plat of the cemetery with the
recorder in the county in which the cemetery is located, as outlined in North
Dakota Century Code section 43-19.1-30.
3. No body can be accepted for burial without
a burial permit issued by the registrar where the death occurred.
4. The sexton or other person making burial
must endorse on the burial permit the time and place of burial, and file the
permit with the registrar having jurisdiction over the territory where the
burial was made.
5. Sextons must
keep permanent records of every burial or disinterment. The following items of
record are required:
a. Full name of
deceased.
b. Age at death and sex.
c. Date and place of death.
d. Date of burial.
e. Place of burial, block, lot, and grave.
f. Number of burial permit.
g. Name and address of funeral
practitioner.
6. All
cemetery authorities must make such reports at such time as the state
department of health may from time to time direct.
7. The state department of health has
recommended a standard uniform record book for cemetery records. It may be
obtained from the larger printing concerns in the state.
Notes
General Authority: NDCC 23-01-03, 23-06-23
Law Implemented: NDCC 23-01-03, 23-06-21, 23-06-23
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