Wyoming Administrative Code
Agency 048 - Health, Department of
Sub-Agency 0059 - Vital Records Services
Chapter 7 - BURIAL-TRANSIT AND DISINTERMENT PERMITS
Section 7-5 - Disinterment Permits
Current through September 21, 2024
(a) The disinterment permit shall be authorization for disinterment, transportation, and reinterment.
(b) The disinterment permit shall be issued by the local registrar upon receipt of a written application signed by the next of kin and the person who is in charge of the disinterment, or upon receipt of an order of a court of competent jurisdiction directing such disinterment.
(c) Upon receipt of a court order or signed permission of the next of kin, the local registrar may issue one (1) permit to authorize disinterment and reinterment of all remains in a mass disinterment provided that, insofar as possible, the remains of each body be identified and the place of disinterment and reinterment specified.
(d) A dead body properly prepared by an embalmer and deposited in a receiving vault shall not be considered a disinterment when removed from the vault for final burial.
