When a death or a fetal death occurs or a dead body is found, the body shall not be disposed of until the burial/transit permit is completed. Said permit is required to accompany the body and is to be:
(1) Given to the sexton of the cemetery when the body is interred.
(2) Retained by the funeral director when the cemetery has no sexton.
(3) Retained with the ashes in cases of cremation, or by the funeral director if so desired.
Structure Delaware Code
Chapter 31. REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, DEATHS, MARRIAGES, DIVORCES, ANNULMENTS AND ADOPTIONS
Subchapter III. Burial, Removal or Cremation of Dead Bodies
§ 3151. Permit for removal, burial or other disposition; foreign permits; prerequisites for permit.
§ 3152. Burial/transit permits for shipment of corpses — Required.
§ 3153. Disinterment — Rules and regulations.
§ 3154. Authorization for disinterment and reinterment.
§ 3155. Permits for disinterment of bodies buried in Kent or Sussex County before January 1, 1893.
§ 3156. Disinterment from condemned land.
§ 3157. Cremation; prohibited except in licensed crematory.
§ 3158. Crematory; approval for construction; requirements; inspection.
§ 3159. Permit for cremation; issuance, retention and inspection.
§ 3161. Delivery, transportation and disposal of ashes.
§ 3162. Witnesses at cremation.
§ 3163. Permit where death occurs in this State and cremation takes place elsewhere.
§ 3164. Cremation in this State when death occurred elsewhere.