NRS 451.270 - Manner and time of reinterment.

NV Rev Stat § 451.270 (2019) (N/A)
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1. The remains of each person reinterred shall be placed in a separate and suitable receptacle and decently and respectfully interred not later than 1 year after the date on which the remains are disinterred under rules and regulations adopted by the cemetery authority making the removal.

2. A receptacle shall be deemed suitable for the purposes of subsection 1 if the receptacle:

(a) Is capable of withstanding weather and movement of the earth that may affect the receptacle for at least 100 years; or

(b) Has been approved by the closest living relative of the decedent.

(Added to NRS by 1961, 462; A 2017, 328)