§ 23-02.1-21 — Permits

North Dakota § 23-02.1-21

• Jurisdiction: North Dakota
• Title 23: Health and Safety
• Ch. 23-02.1: Health Statistics Act

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1. The funeral practitioner who first obtains custody of a dead body or fetus shall obtain a
final disposition-transit permit before final disposition or removal from this state of the
body or fetus.
2. The final disposition-transit permits must be issued by the state registrar or a
subregistrar and must be filed in the office of the county recorder where the final
disposition occurs in accordance with the requirements of sections 23-02.1-19 and
23-02.1-20.
3. A final disposition-transit permit issued under the laws of another state which
accompanies a dead body or fetus brought into this state is authority for final
disposition of the body or fetus in this state.
4. A permit for disinterment and reinterment is required before disinterment of a dead
body or fetus except as authorized by rules or otherwise provided by law. The permit
must be issued by the state registrar to a funeral practitioner upon proper application.