Mississippi Administrative Code
Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health
Part 5 - Office of Health Informatics
Subpart 85 - Public Health Statistics
Chapter 4 - Registration of Deaths
Subchapter 6 - Interstate Transportation of Dead Bodies
Rule 15-5-85-4.6.3 - Transportation of dead bodies

A dead body or fetus shall be buried, cremated or otherwise disposed of within 48 hours of death unless the body has been embalmed by a licensed embalmer or unless the body is kept under refrigeration. If the dead body is transported within or out of the state and the destination cannot be reached within 24 hours after death, the body shall be embalmed by a licensed embalmer or kept under refrigeration. Any dead body shipped by common carrier shall be enclosed in an outside shipping case. The outside shipping case may be made of metal, wood or any other suitable material which is approved by the common carrier. The outside case may be omitted in all instances when the body is transported in a hearse or funeral director s conveyance.

Miss. Code Ann. § 41-57-1; Miss. Code Ann. § 41-57-7