Chapter 27 - Cemeteries And Burial Records

Chapter 27 - Cemeteries And Burial Records

§ 34-27-1 to 34-27-3. Repealed.
§ 34-27-5 Racial discrimination in cemetery as petty offense--Restrictive covenants void--Immunity from liability for damages.
§ 34-27-6 Burial record book required of cemetery--Indexes--Ownership records--Official inspection.
§ 34-27-7 Purpose of requirements as to cemetery plats.
§ 34-27-8 Subdivision and platting of cemeteries required--Filing with local registrar of vital records.
§ 34-27-9 Numbering of grave spaces on cemetery plat--Designation of veterans' burials--Marking of burials.
§ 34-27-10 Cemetery plats received by local registrar--Posting when burial permit issued.
§ 34-27-11 Card-index records of burials maintained by local registrar--Contents.
§ 34-27-12 Supervision of burial record system by Department of Health--Enforcement powers.
§ 34-27-13 Filing by local registrars of data from graves registration survey project--Fees not receivable.
§ 34-27-14 Violation or failure to maintain records as misdemeanor.
§ 34-27-15 Duty of reinterment when cemetery removed--Punishment for omission of duty.
§ 34-27-16 Liability for expense of reinterment on removal of cemetery.
§ 34-27-17 Punishment for omission to reinter when cemetery removed.
§ 34-27-18 Opening grave or breaking building with intent to remove body or coffin as misdemeanor.
§ 34-27-19 Removing dead body maliciously or with intent to sell or dissect as misdemeanor.
§ 34-27-20 Receiving dead body unlawfully removed as misdemeanor.
§ 34-27-21 Definition of terms.
§ 34-27-22 Buying, selling, or bartering human skeletal remains or funerary objects as felony.
§ 34-27-23 Repealed.
§ 34-27-24 Commercial display of human skeletal remains or funerary objects as felony.
§ 34-27-25 Reporting discovery of human skeletal remains--Failure to report as misdemeanor.
§ 34-27-26 Disturbing human skeletal remains or funerary objects as felony.
§ 34-27-27 Repealed.
§ 34-27-28 Notification to landowner and coroner--Notification to state archaeologist and tribal officials--Time limits.
§ 34-27-29 Repealed.
§ 34-27-30 Rules promulgated by State Historical Society Board of Trustees.
§ 34-27-31 Discovery of human remains or funerary objects by state educational institution or museum--Contact state archaeologist--Notice to tribal officials--Tribal request--Disposition of remains or objects.
§ 34-27-32 Refusal to turn over remains or objects to tribal group--Appeal.
§ 34-27-33 Confidentiality of archaeological records pertaining to location of unmarked burials and other human remains--Exceptions.

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