North Dakota § 23-06-25 When body may be removed from cemetery - Penalty for failure to remove

North Dakota Statutes

§ 23-06-25 — When body may be removed from cemetery - Penalty for failure to remove

North Dakota § 23-06-25

Title 23Health and Safety

Ch. 23-06Care and Custody of Dead

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N.D. Cent. Code § 23-06-25 (2026).

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Whenever a cemetery or other place of burial is lawfully authorized to be removed from one
place to another, the right and duty to disinter, remove, and rebury the remains of bodies there
lying buried devolves upon the persons whose duty it is to bury the bodies, in the order in which
they are named in section 23-06-03. If all such persons fail to act, the duty devolves upon the
lawful custodians of the place of burial so removed. Every omission of such duty is punishable
in the same manner as other omissions to perform the duty of making burial are punishable.

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Whenever a cemetery or other place of burial is lawfully authorized to be removed from one
place to another, the right and duty to disinter, remove, and rebury the remains of bodies there
lying buried devolves upon the persons whose duty it is to bury the bodies, in the order in which
they are named in section 23-06-03. If all such persons fail to act, the duty devolves upon the
lawful custodians of the place of burial so removed. Every omission of such duty is punishable
in the same manner as other omissions to perform the duty of making burial are punishable.