New Jersey Statutes Title 26. Health and Vital Statistics 26 § 5C-12

a. From an executor, administrator of the estate, or authorized representative of the legally incapacitated or deceased person;

b. From the person's spouse, domestic partner as defined in section 3 of P.L.2003, c. 246 (C.26:8A-3), primary caretaking partner or, if none, by another member of the person's family; and

c. From the commissioner in the event that a deceased person has neither an authorized representative or next-of-kin.