New Jersey § 38:17-1 Interment of indigent veterans; definitions.

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§ 38:17-1 — Interment of indigent veterans; definitions.

New Jersey § 38:17-1

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N.J. Stat. Ann. § 38:17-1 (2026).

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38:17-1. The board of chosen freeholders in each of the counties shall designate a proper authority, other than that designated by law for the care of paupers and the custody of criminals, who shall cause to be interred the bodies of all veterans of the United States Armed Forces discharged under conditions other than dishonorable, including the bodies of all honorably discharged members of the American Merchant Marine who served during World War II and have been declared by the United States Department of Defense to be eligible for federal veterans' benefits, who die indigent. The expense of such funeral shall not exceed in any case the sum of $1,250 for burial or cremation. For the purposes of this section: "Indigent" shall mean a person who has an income that is below 200 percent of the

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38:17-1. The board of chosen freeholders in each of the counties shall designate a proper authority, other than that designated by law for the care of paupers and the custody of criminals, who shall cause to be interred the bodies of all veterans of the United States Armed Forces discharged under conditions other than dishonorable, including the bodies of all honorably discharged members of the American Merchant Marine who served during World War II and have been declared by the United States Department of Defense to be eligible for federal veterans' benefits, who die indigent. The expense of such funeral shall not exceed in any case the sum of $1,250 for burial or cremation. For the purposes of this section: "Indigent" shall mean a person who has an income that is below 200 percent of the federal poverty level; and "Poverty level" shall mean the official poverty level based on family size established and adjusted under Section 673(2) of Subtitle B. of the federal "Community Services Block Grant Act," Pub.L.97-35 (42 U.S.C. s.9902(2)). amended 1945, c.302; 1947, c.175, s.1; 1951, c.136; 1967, c.160; 1991, c.389, s.11; 2013, c.238, s.1; 2023, c.17, s.1.