Kansas Statutes 65-2426a. Authorization for cremation; when permit to cremate required; penalty for violation
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Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 65-2426a
- Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
- Dead body: means a lifeless human body or such parts of a human body or the bones thereof from the state of which it reasonably may be concluded that death recently occurred. See Kansas Statutes 65-2401
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
- Vital statistics: includes the registration, preparation, transcription, collection, compilation, and preservation of data pertaining to birth, adoption, legitimation, death, stillbirth, marriage, divorce, annulment of marriage, induced termination of pregnancy, and data incidental thereto. See Kansas Statutes 65-2401
(a) (1) No dead body, as defined in Kan. Stat. Ann. § 65-2401, and amendments thereto, shall be cremated unless a coroner’s permit to cremate has been executed to authorize such cremation, if the death or cause of death occurred within the state of Kansas or in a state where such permit to cremate is required.
(2) A telefacsimile or electronic signed copy of the coroner’s permit to cremate that authorizes the cremation shall constitute legal authorization for such cremation under this section.
(b) The provisions of this section shall be a part of and supplemental to the uniform vital statistics act.
(c) Any person who knowingly violates this section, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than $500.