50-15-407. Disinterment permit. (1) A body, after burial, may be disinterred for reinterment or transport after a permit is obtained from the local registrar of the jurisdiction where the body is interred.
(2) Administration of this section is in the department, which shall adopt rules accordingly. The rules shall provide that, as a precondition to the permit, the applicant make a showing of reasonable cause for the disinterment.
(3) This section provides a supplementary procedure for disinterment of a dead body and is not amendatory to or repealing of any other act.
History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 481, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 19, Ch. 187, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 69-4428.1.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
50-15-402. Copy to be forwarded to deceased's county of residence
50-15-403. Preparation and filing of death or fetal death certificate
50-15-404. Preparation of certificate when death not medically attended
50-15-405. Authorization for removal of body from place of death
50-15-406. Body brought into state for disposition
50-15-407. Disinterment permit
50-15-409. List of deaths to be made by department -- copy to county clerk
50-15-411. Sudden infant death syndrome -- findings -- definition