Sections 43-101 to 43-114 , 43-116 to 43-118 , and 43-120 to 43-128 (except § 43-119) shall not be construed to:
(1) Interfere with or prevent the disinterment of any body in accordance with § 11-2311 [repealed]; or
(2) Interfere with the disposal of the ashes of bodies which have been cremated.
(Mar. 3, 1901, 31 Stat. 1298, ch. 854, § 686; June 30, 1902, 32 Stat. 534, ch. 1329, § 686; June 25, 1936, 49 Stat. 1921, ch. 804; June 25, 1948, 62 Stat. 991, ch. 646, § 32(a), (b); May 24, 1949, 63 Stat. 107, ch. 139, § 127; July 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 578, Pub. L. 91-358, title I, § 160(a)(2); Oct. 8, 1981, D.C. Law 4-34, § 29(c)(4), 28 DCR 3271.)
1981 Ed., § 27-128.
1973 Ed., § 27-128.
Structure District of Columbia Code
Title 43 - Cemeteries and Crematories
Chapter 1 - Cemetery Associations; Regulatory Provisions
§ 43–101. Incorporation; powers
§ 43–102. Powers to acquire and sell land
§ 43–103. Burial ground to be platted and surveyed
§ 43–104. Inclosure and ornamentation of land; purchase of equipment
§ 43–105. Duty to inclose and underdrain
§ 43–106. Application of proceeds of sales of lots
§ 43–107. Officers enumerated; term of office; effect of failure to choose officers
§ 43–108. Election of officers
§ 43–109. Lot owners are voting members of corporation
§ 43–111. Exemption from taxation and sale on execution
§ 43–112. Dedication of land; title vested in perpetuity
§ 43–113. Grants and bequests for care of lots
§ 43–114. Distance from City and from dwellings
§ 43–115. Mayor authorized to license certain lands for cemetery purposes
§ 43–116. Lots to be conspicuously marked; plat to be recorded; size and depth of graves
§ 43–117. Register of burials; contents
§ 43–118. Superintendent of cemetery to register at Department of Health
§ 43–119. Movement or disposal of tissue taken from dead body
§ 43–120. Keeping and exhibiting dead bodies
§ 43–123. Reopening graves; graves of pestilential disease victims
§ 43–124. Crematories; consent of property owners; permit
§ 43–125. Embalming; removal of tissue immediately after death
§ 43–128. Court-ordered disinterment or disposal of ashes not affected
§ 43–129. Cremation required in certain cases. [Repealed]
§ 43–130. Public crematory established. [Repealed]
§ 43–131. Act for promotion of anatomical science not affected by crematory law