Tennessee § 62-5-804 Final disposition of remains - Unclaimed resomated remains

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§ 62-5-804 — Final disposition of remains - Unclaimed resomated remains

Tennessee § 62-5-804

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Tenn. Code Ann. § 62-5-804 (2026).

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(a)Except as provided in subsection (b), a person shall not:

(1)Dispose of the resomated remains of a dead human body or body parts in a manner or in a location that the resomated remains are commingled with those of another decedent, or body parts removed from another decedent or living person; or (2) Place the resomated remains of more than one (1) decedent, or of body parts removed from more than one (1) decedent or living person, in the same urn or temporary container.

(b)Notwithstanding subsection (a), a person may:

(1)Scatter resomated remains at sea, by air, or in a dedicated area at a cemetery used exclusively for the scattering on the ground of the resomated remains of dead human bodies or body parts;

(2)If complying with specific instructions from the decedent or decedents,

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(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a person shall not: (1) Dispose of the resomated remains of a dead human body or body parts in a manner or in a location that the resomated remains are commingled with those of another decedent, or body parts removed from another decedent or living person; or (2) Place the resomated remains of more than one (1) decedent, or of body parts removed from more than one (1) decedent or living person, in the same urn or temporary container. (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), a person may: (1) Scatter resomated remains at sea, by air, or in a dedicated area at a cemetery used exclusively for the scattering on the ground of the resomated remains of dead human bodies or body parts; (2) If complying with specific instructions from the decedent or decedents, or an heir or personal representative designated by the decedent or decedents: (A) Commingle resomated remains of more than one (1) decedent, or of body parts removed from more than one (1) decedent or living person; or (B) Place in the same urn or temporary container of the resomated remains of more than one (1) decedent, or of body parts removed from more than one (1) decedent or living person; and (3) If the person is operating under the decedent's instructions, commingle the resomated remains or body parts removed from another decedent or living person, after receipt of the resomated remains or the body parts, with those of another decedent or body parts removed from another decedent or living person. (c) Unless otherwise specified by written agreement between the operator of the alkaline hydrolysis facility or funeral establishment and the person or entity requesting the resomation of human remains, resomated human remains unclaimed one hundred eighty (180) calendar days from the date of resomation may be interred, entombed, or inurned by the operator of the facility. The operator of the facility or funeral establishment shall make a record of the disposition of the unclaimed resomated human remains available for inspection on weekdays between the hours of eight o'clock a.m. (8:00 a.m.) and four-thirty p.m. (4:30 p.m.).