Wis. Admin. Code Cemetery Board CB 2.06 - Burial record

(1) A cemetery authority or licensee shall maintain permanently a record for all human remains buried within a cemetery. This record shall include the following information:
(a) The name of the deceased.
(b) The last-known address of the deceased.
(c) The date of birth of the deceased.
(d) The date of death as listed on the disposition of human remains.
(e) The date that the remains are placed in the grave, niche, or crypt.
(f) The exact location in the cemetery where the human remains are buried or placed. The specific location shall correspond to the map or plat maintained by the cemetery authority or licensee.
(g) The name of the person authorizing the burial and his or her relationship to the deceased.
(h) The name of the funeral establishment, as defined in s. 445.01(6), Stats.
(i) The type of burial vault used, if any, including poured concrete, precast concrete, plastic, or polyurethane.
(j) The type of the grave marker or monument, including granite, along with the marker style, including flush, upright, or slanted.

Note: The burial records listed in s. CB 2.06(1) are different from the records that a cemetery authority is required to keep and maintain in accordance with s. 157.62(4), Stats.

(2) A cemetery authority or licensee shall record burial information under sub. (1) no more than 10 business days following the burial. All burial records completed after August 1, 2018 shall be maintained either in an electronic format that is easily accessible for review or in a legibly written format.
(3) All burial records shall be maintained by the cemetery authority. Upon conveyance of a cemetery, burial records shall be transferred to the new cemetery authority who shall then maintain the transferred records.

Notes

Wis. Admin. Code Cemetery Board CB 2.06
Adopted by, CR 17-050: cr. Register July 2018 No. 751, eff. 8/1/2018 Amended by, correction in (1) (j) (Note) made under s. 13.92(4) (b) 7., Stats., Register November 2018 No. 755, eff. 12/1/2018 Amended by, CR 19-148: am. 1 intro. Register September 2020 No. 777, eff. 10/1/2020

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