Nevada § 451.070 Authority to order disinterment and removal of human remains

Nevada Statutes

§ 451.070 — Authority to order disinterment and removal of human remains

Nevada § 451.070

Title 40PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY

Ch. 451Dead

REMOVAL OF HUMAN REMAINS BY CEMETERY AUTHORITY

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Nev. Rev. Stat. § 451.070 (2026).

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Except as otherwise provided in NRS 451.075, a cemetery authority may order the disinterment and removal of all human remains interred in all or any part of any cemetery if: 1. A governmental authority other than the cemetery authority determines that:

(a)The maintenance of all or any part of the cemetery as a burial place for the human dead is not in accordance with the health, safety, comfort or welfare of the public;

(b)The cemetery authority is unable to restore the cemetery or part of the cemetery to a condition where the maintenance of the cemetery as a burial place for the human dead is in accordance with the health, safety, comfort and welfare of the public; and

(c)The cemetery authority is unable, at current market rates, to sell or lease the cemetery to or enter into a contrac

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Except as otherwise provided in NRS 451.075, a cemetery authority may order the disinterment and removal of all human remains interred in all or any part of any cemetery if:
1. A governmental authority other than the cemetery authority determines that:
(a) The maintenance of all or any part of the cemetery as a burial place for the human dead is not in accordance with the health, safety, comfort or welfare of the public;
(b) The cemetery authority is unable to restore the cemetery or part of the cemetery to a condition where the maintenance of the cemetery as a burial place for the human dead is in accordance with the health, safety, comfort and welfare of the public; and
(c) The cemetery authority is unable, at current market rates, to sell or lease the cemetery to or enter into a contract with another cemetery authority that will maintain the cemetery as a burial place for the human dead in accordance with the health, safety, comfort and welfare of the public; or
2. The cemetery authority determines that financial provision must be made for future care of gravesites within a specified area.