(a) Authorization. — A permit for disinterment and reinterment of a dead body or fetus shall be issued by the State Registrar upon receipt of a notarized application/authorization 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 record of this state directing such disinterment, or upon notarized written application of the Attorney General to request a special disinterment permit for legal purposes.
(b) Mass disinterment and reinterment. — Upon receipt of a court order, a signed and notarized permission of the next-of-kin of all decedents, or a signed and notarized application for disinterment for legal purposes, the State Registrar may issue 1 permit for 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.
(c) Nature of permit. — The authorization issued in accordance with the statutes and regulations governing disinterment shall be permission for disinterment, transportation and reinterment.
(d) Fee for permit. — The Department shall receive a fee not to exceed $10 for each disinterment/reinterment permit issued.
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.