North Dakota § 23-21-23 Interment of decedent in religious cemetery - Compliance with religious requirements in removing remains

North Dakota Statutes

§ 23-21-23 — Interment of decedent in religious cemetery - Compliance with religious requirements in removing remains

North Dakota § 23-21-23

Title 23Health and Safety

Ch. 23-21Disinterment and Removal of Bodies in Cemeteries

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N.D. Cent. Code § 23-21-23 (2026).

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requirements in removing remains.
The heirs, relatives, or friends of any decedent whose remains have been interred in any
cemetery owned, governed, or controlled by any religious corporation or by any church or
religious society of any denomination or by any corporation sole administering temporalities of
any religious denomination, society, or church, or owned, governed, or controlled by any person
or persons as trustee or trustees for any religious denomination, society, or church may not
disinter, remove, reinter, or dispose of any such remains except in accordance with the rules,
regulations, and discipline of such religious denomination, society, or church.
The officers, representatives, or agents of the church or religious society must be the sole
judge of the requirements of the ru

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requirements in removing remains.
The heirs, relatives, or friends of any decedent whose remains have been interred in any
cemetery owned, governed, or controlled by any religious corporation or by any church or
religious society of any denomination or by any corporation sole administering temporalities of
any religious denomination, society, or church, or owned, governed, or controlled by any person
or persons as trustee or trustees for any religious denomination, society, or church may not
disinter, remove, reinter, or dispose of any such remains except in accordance with the rules,
regulations, and discipline of such religious denomination, society, or church.
The officers, representatives, or agents of the church or religious society must be the sole
judge of the requirements of the rules, regulations, and discipline of such religious
denomination, society, or church.