Virginia § 32.1-265 - Transit permits; permits for disinterment and reinterment
Full text of Virginia Code of Virginia § 32.1-265 — Transit permits; permits for disinterment and reinterment, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 32.1-265. Transit permits; permits for disinterment and reinterment
A. The funeral director or other person who first assumes custody of a dead body or fetus shall obtain an out-of-state transit permit prior to removal from the Commonwealth of the body or fetus.
B. Such out-of-state transit permit shall be issued by the registrar of the district where a satisfactorily completed certificate of death or fetal death was filed.
C. A transit permit issued under the law of another state which accompanies a dead body or fetus brought into this Commonwealth shall be authority for final disposition of the body or fetus in this Commonwealth.
D. No permit shall be required where disposal of dead bodies or fetuses for deaths or fetal deaths which have occurred in this Commonwealth is to be made in this Commonwealth.
E. A permit for disinterment and reinterment shall be required prior to disinterment of a dead body or fetus except as authorized by regulation of the Board or otherwise provided by law. Such permit shall be issued by the State Registrar or the registrar of the county or city where the body or fetus is interred to a licensed funeral director.
Code 1950, § 32-353.22; 1960, c. 451; 1970, c. 699; 1979, c. 711.
Source: official Virginia text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 32.1-265 ("Transit permits; permits for disinterment and reinterment") is part of the Code of Virginia, the codified statutory law of Virginia. 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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