§ 23-06-01.2 Application of other laws
§ 23-06-02 Custody of body
§ 23-06-03 Duty of final disposition – Final disposition of individuals who are indigent – Decedent’s instructions
§ 23-06-04 Time within which final disposition must be made – Exceptions
§ 23-06-05 Failure to dispose within required time – Penalty
§ 23-06-06 Neglect of final disposition – Penalty
§ 23-06-07 Regulation of final disposition – Issuance of final disposition-transit permit regulated
§ 23-06-08 Final disposition-transit permit – Contents
§ 23-06-09 Disposition of final disposition-transit permit
§ 23-06-10 Sextons to endorse and return final disposition-transit permit – Record of burials
§ 23-06-11 Burial without final disposition-transit permit – Penalty
§ 23-06-12 Transporting body without final disposition-transit permit
§ 23-06-13 Dissection – When allowed
§ 23-06-14 What bodies may be used for dissection
§ 23-06-15 When body not to be used for dissection
§ 23-06-16 Bond given by person receiving body
§ 23-06-17 Bodies required to be buried or cremated after being dissected
§ 23-06-18 Dissection – Removal of body – Sale – Penalty
§ 23-06-19 Interference with burial of dead limb or member of body – Penalty
§ 23-06-20 Where body may be buried
§ 23-06-21 Regulation of cemeteries
§ 23-06-21.1 Title to burial plots reverts after sixty years – Procedure – Abandonment
§ 23-06-22 Sexton – Term of office, records, duties
§ 23-06-23 Department to enforce regulation of cemeteries – Injunction
§ 23-06-24 Unlawful removal of dead body – Penalty
§ 23-06-24.1 Endangered gravesites – County action authorized
§ 23-06-25 When body may be removed from cemetery – Penalty for failure to remove
§ 23-06-26 Purchasing body forbidden – Penalty
§ 23-06-27 Protection of human burial sites, human remains, and burial goods – Unlawful acts – Penalties – Exceptions
§ 23-06-28 Arresting or attaching dead body – Penalty
§ 23-06-29 Penalty for violating provisions relating to dissections and general penalty
§ 23-06-30 Abandoned cemeteries to be maintained by counties
§ 23-06-31 Cremation or other lawful disposition of a body – Authorization document – Immunity
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Terms Used In North Dakota Code > Chapter 23-06 - Care and Custody of Dead

  • children: includes children by birth and by adoption. See North Dakota Code 1-01-18
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute means the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Individual: means a human being. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Nolo contendere: No contest-has the same effect as a plea of guilty, as far as the criminal sentence is concerned, but may not be considered as an admission of guilt for any other purpose.
  • Organization: includes a foreign or domestic association, business trust, corporation, enterprise, estate, joint venture, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, limited partnership, partnership, trust, or any legal or commercial entity. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Penitentiary: includes any affiliated facilities. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Person: means an individual, organization, government, political subdivision, or government agency or instrumentality. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. Source: OCC
  • Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
  • Sex: means the biological state of being male or female, based on the individual's nonambiguous sex organs, chromosomes, or endogenous hormone profiles at birth. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • written: include "typewriting" and "typewritten" and "printing" and "printed" except in the case of signatures and when the words are used by way of contrast to typewriting and printing. See North Dakota Code 1-01-37
  • year: means twelve consecutive months. See North Dakota Code 1-01-33