Indiana § 23-14-57-2 - Orders authorizing removal of human remains
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§ 23-14-57-2. Orders authorizing removal of human remains
Sec. 2. (a) When the Indiana department of health issues a written order authorizing the removal of human remains from a cemetery, it shall issue the order in duplicate.
(b) The Indiana department of health shall deliver one (1) copy of the order to the cemetery from which the human remains are removed and the other copy of the order to the cemetery to which the human remains are delivered for reinterment, reentombment, or reinurnment.
(c) Each cemetery to which a copy of an order is delivered under subsection (b) shall retain the copy of the order permanently.
As added by P.L.52-1997, SEC.31. Amended by P.L.56-2023, SEC.212.
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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