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Nevada Revised Statutes Title 40. Public Health and Safety § 451.270. Manner and time of reinterment

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

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.

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