New York Laws
Article 35-C - Operation of Pet Cemeteries and Pet Crematoriums
750-T - Disposal in Compliance With Forms.

§ 750-t. Disposal in compliance with forms. A pet cemetery owner shall
dispose of a pet in compliance with a pet disposal form completed by a
pet owner or veterinarian. If such pet is disposed of, either by
individual cremation or individual burial, the pet cemetery owner shall
within ten days of such disposal send or give a written confirmation of
such disposal to the pet owner or veterinarian, depending on
instructions in pet disposal form, and, shall attest to the method,
date, and place of disposal. If a pet is disposed of either through mass
cremation or mass burial, no written confirmation shall be required.
Copies of all forms shall be retained for a period of two years after
receipt. All pet remains shall be buried at least twelve inches below
the surface of the ground or in accordance with section three hundred
seventy-seven of the agriculture and markets law in the case of a large
domestic animal or otherwise disposed of in a sanitary manner.

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