Nevada § 440.500 - Burial and removal permits: Issuance; contents; death from infectious, contagious or communicable disease
Full text of Nevada Nevada Revised Statutes § 440.500 — Burial and removal permits: Issuance; contents; death from infectious, contagious or communicable disease, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 440.500. Burial and removal permits: Issuance; contents; death from infectious, contagious or communicable disease
1. Except as provided in subsections 2 and 3, if a certificate of death is properly
executed and complete, the local health officer shall then issue a burial or removal
permit to the funeral director. The permit must indicate the name of the cemetery, mausoleum, columbarium or other
place of burial where the human remains will be interred, inurned or buried. 2. In case the death occurred from some disease that is held by the Board to be infectious,
contagious, or communicable and dangerous to the public health, no permit for the
removal or other disposition of the body may be granted by the local health officer
except under such conditions as may be prescribed by the Board. 3. The Board may by regulation provide for the issuance of the burial transit permit
prior to the filing of the completed death certificate if that requirement would result
in undue hardship.
Source: official Nevada text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 440.500 ("Burial and removal permits: Issuance; contents; death from infectious, contagious or communicable disease") is part of the Nevada Revised Statutes, the codified statutory law of Nevada. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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