New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 5A - MILITARY AND VETERANS' AFFAIRS
Chapter 4 - BRIGADIER GENERAL WILLIAM C. DOYLE VETERANS' MEMORIAL CEMETERY
Subchapter 2 - ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
Section 5A:4-2.1 - Veterans' interment eligibility

1. The applicant to be interred must be a legal resident of the State of New Jersey at time of death or have lived at least 50 percent of his or her life within the State.

2. Proof of eligibility for a veteran to be interred is a valid discharge from the Armed Forces of the United States of America indicating that the character of service was other than dishonorable or undesirable. Proof of eligibility for a reserve component member, or prior member, of the Armed Forces of the United States is a valid letter of "Notification of Eligibility for Retired Pay at Age Sixty" provided to the individual by his or her reserve component command.

3. Proof of New Jersey residency is considered to be one of the following:

4. In the absence of an acceptable discharge document or proof of residency, the interment may be subject to delay in order to permit a determination of eligibility.

5. In cases where eligibility for interment must be verified by the United States Department of Veterans' Affairs or by a Reserve Component Command, the Administrator of the Cemetery shall not permit interment pending final decision. The Administrator shall advise the funeral director that interment cannot proceed until eligibility is established.

6. If a funeral cortege arrives at the Veterans' Memorial Cemetery and eligibility has not been established, a committal service may be permitted. However, interment shall not take place and the remains shall be removed by the funeral director from the cemetery until eligibility has been verified.