NRS 440.440
Duties of funeral director and sheriff upon death of unknown person.

1.

In any case of a death occurring to anyone whose identity is unknown, before burying the body the funeral director shall annex to the certificate of death a certificate from the sheriff that the sheriff has on file in his or her office the fingerprints of the body.

2.

Sheriffs of the respective counties shall maintain in their respective offices a file known as the unidentified deceased persons file. Sheriffs shall, without further compensation, see that such fingerprints are obtained as provided in this section and placed in the file as a public record.

Source: Section 440.440 — Duties of funeral director and sheriff upon death of unknown person., https://www.­leg.­state.­nv.­us/NRS/NRS-440.­html#NRS440Sec440.

440.350
Form and contents of certificate of death or stillbirth. 440.360
Authentication of personal and statistical information concerning certificate. 440.370
Signature required on statement of facts concerning disposition of body. 440.380
Medical certificate of death: Signature 440.390
Presentation of certificate of stillbirth. 440.400
Effect of using indefinite or unsatisfactory terms on certificate. 440.410
Manner of defining cause of death. 440.415
Pronouncement of death by registered nurse or physician assistant: Conditions 440.420
Duties of funeral director, health officer, coroner and coroner’s deputy when death occurs without medical attendance. 440.430
Duties of coroner. 440.433
Notice to parents or guardian of autopsy upon body of minor 440.435
Death caused by sudden infant death syndrome: Ordinance may authorize postmortem examination 440.437
Death caused by sudden infant death syndrome: Report by State Registrar. 440.440
Duties of funeral director and sheriff upon death of unknown person. 440.450
Prerequisites to disposal of body. 440.460
Personal and statistical information. 440.470
Presentation of certificate of death. 440.480
Statement as to disposition of body. 440.490
Presentation of completed certificate of death to local registrar. 440.495
Notification of county clerk or registrar of voters. 440.500
Burial and removal permits: Issuance 440.510
Contents of burial permit. 440.520
Disposition of burial or removal permit. 440.530
Burial permit to accompany body. 440.540
Necessity for permit to inter more than 72 hours after death 440.550
Body transported from another state. 440.560
Interment without burial permit prohibited. 440.570
Validity of burial permit in another district. 440.580
Signature, endorsement and return of permit. 440.590
Records of interments.
Last Updated

Feb. 5, 2021

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