NRS 451.050
Permit for disinterment or removal of human remains out of State.

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Any person, company, association or corporation in this State who shall exhume or disinter, or who shall cause to be exhumed or disinterred, any human remains, or any part of such remains, which have been buried in the ground in this State, for the purpose of transporting the same to any other state or foreign country, except under the conditions provided in subsection 2, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

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The boards of county commissioners of the several counties in which human remains are buried or interred, as provided in subsection 1, are authorized to grant and to issue written permits for the disinterment and removal of any such human remains referred to in subsection 1, whenever in their judgment the public health will not be endangered by such disinterment and removal; but no such permit shall be granted or issued under any circumstances or at any time where the person or persons buried or interred have died from or with any contagious or loathsome disease.

Source: Section 451.050 — Permit for disinterment or removal of human remains out of State., https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-451.html#NRS451Sec050.

451.010
Dissection of dead human bodies: Limitations 451.015
Commercial use of aborted embryo or fetus prohibited 451.020
Burial or cremation within reasonable time after death 451.023
Responsibility of surviving spouse or parent for burial or cremation of deceased spouse or child. 451.024
Persons authorized to order burial or cremation 451.025
Reimbursement for burial expenses paid with public money. 451.027
Duty of county agency responsible for remains of indigent person believed to be veteran to report name of person to Department of Veterans Services 451.030
Removal of remains for sale or dissection 451.040
Seizure of remains for debt 451.045
Permit for disinterment or removal of human remains within State. 451.050
Permit for disinterment or removal of human remains out of State. 451.060
Penalties for noncompliance of common carrier. 451.065
Unlawful to require remains to be embalmed or otherwise prepared before disposition 451.067
Designation of family cemetery

Last Updated

Feb. 5, 2021

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Original Source: Section 451.050 — Permit for disinterment or removal of human remains out of State., https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-451.html#NRS451Sec050 (last accessed Feb. 5, 2021).

NRS 451.050 Permit for disinterment or removal of human remains out of State.

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NRS 451.050
Permit for disinterment or removal of human remains out of State.