Tennessee § 62-5-513 - Delay of cremation.
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§ 62-5-513. Delay of cremation.
If a person who signs the death certificate, a district attorney general or any law enforcement officer, or an emergency medical or rescue worker, emergency medical technician or paramedic who attended the person immediately prior to or after the person's death, signs a written statement requesting the delay of a cremation based upon a reasonable belief that the cause of death may have been due to other than accidental or natural causes, then the cremation of a dead human body shall be delayed based upon that request. Acts 2000, ch. 779, § 31.
Source: official Tennessee text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 62-5-513 ("Delay of cremation.") is part of the Tennessee Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Tennessee. 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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