The body of each person who dies in this state shall be buried, removed or cremated within a reasonable time after death. The person to whom the custody and control of the remains of any deceased person are granted by law shall see that the certificate of death required by law has been completed and filed in accordance with section 7-62b prior to final disposition of the body. An authorization for final disposition issued under the law of another state which accompanies a dead body or fetus brought into this state shall be authority for final disposition of the body or fetus in this state. The final disposition of a cremated body shall be recorded as the crematory. The provisions of this section shall not in any way impair the authority of directors of health in cases of death resulting from communicable diseases, nor conflict with any statutes regulating the delivery of bodies to any medical school, nor prevent the placing of any body temporarily in the receiving vault of any cemetery. The placing of any body in a family vault or tomb within any cemetery shall be deemed a burial under the provisions of this section. Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be guilty of a class D felony.
(1949 Rev., S. 590; P.A. 79-434, S. 8; P.A. 04-255, S. 6; P.A. 13-258, S. 34.)
History: P.A. 79-434 made it clear that death certificate must be filed before disposition of body and added provision concerning dispositions of bodies brought in from other states; P.A. 04-255 added specification that final disposition of a cremated body be recorded as the crematory; P.A. 13-258 changed penalty from fine of not more than $500 or imprisonment of not more than 5 years to a class D felony.
See chapter 368i re anatomical donations.
See chapter 368j re cemeteries.
See chapter 368k re crematories.
See chapter 385 re embalmers and funeral directors.
See Sec. 19a-41 re regulations specifying methods of reporting, recording, issuing, maintaining, indexing, correcting and amending vital records and statistics.
See Sec. 19a-504 re removal of bodies from presence of patients in hospitals, rest homes, etc.
See Secs. 53-331 to 53-334, inclusive, re penalties for unlawful embalming, burial and disinterment practices.
Affords no basis for civil liability for funeral expenses. 137 C. 450.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 93 - Registrars of Vital Statistics
Section 7-39. - Oath of registrars.
Section 7-39a. (Formerly Sec. 45-23). - Record of name of registrar of vital statistics.
Section 7-41. - Regulations re record keeping. Submission of certified copies to department.
Section 7-41a. - Vital statistics records available for genealogical research.
Section 7-43. - Municipal ordinances.
Section 7-45. - Preparation of certificates.
Section 7-46. - Completion of records.
Section 7-48. - Birth certificates: Filing requirements.
Section 7-49. - Failure to file birth certificate.
Section 7-52. - Certification of birth registration.
Section 7-53. - Birth certificates of adopted persons born in this state.
Section 7-55. - Certification of birth to have force and effect of original.
Section 7-56. - Issuance of certified copies of birth certificates.
Section 7-57. - Delayed registration of births.
Section 7-58. - Record of birth of child born outside United States.
Section 7-59. - Report of foundling.
Section 7-60. - Fetal death certificates.
Section 7-61. - Birth and fetal death certificates to state whether blood test has been made.
Section 7-62. - Death certificates.
Section 7-62a. - Illegal issuance of certificates.
Section 7-63. - Notice of deaths at the Connecticut Juvenile Training School.
Section 7-64. - Disposal of bodies.
Section 7-65. - Removal, transit and burial permit. Subregistrars.
Section 7-65a. - Multiple interment in common hospital-supplied container.
Section 7-66. - Duties of sextons. Sextons' reports. Penalty.
Section 7-67. - Applications for and issuance of disinterment permits.
Section 7-68. - Issuance of disinterment or removal permit.
Section 7-69. - Removal of body of deceased person.
Section 7-70. - Temporary removal of body to another town or state. Temporary removal permit.
Section 7-71. - Report of name of sexton.
Section 7-72. - Sextons' reports. Fines.
Section 7-75. - Fees for records relating to inmates of institutions.
Section 7-76. - Fees for records relating to residents of other towns.
Section 7-77 and 7-78. - Identification of veterans' graves. General penalty.